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VOLUME XL. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1850. NUMBER 35. I'UIH.laHEU EVF.KY TUKSDAY MOUNINO, II V HIOTT Jfc UAMflOM. OFFICKSOUTH AST COltNKB Of HIGH ST. AND IUOAJI ALLKV. TKU.HH Invnrinbly In advance WeekSy jjisr nniium In Coliimlms '-! 00 Out i)l llio city ; liy rnnil, inglo J 50 Toe ubs of tour iiml upwards 1 -j Toi ubi of tuu mid uwnrdi, to oiio address 1 00 Daily, r.ssi.m 00 Tri-YVoekly, ilu 1 00 Weekly do., aiinjle 50 To clubs of (ivo and upward ; 0 The Joiinml If b1o puliUMicd Unily snd Tri-Weekly during the yew ; Daily per tumuin, by uiutl, $5 ; Tri-Weckly, $3. Kate of A dvertUhm Weekly Paper. One squsro, 10 linns or If, mm iunrrtioii " OHctiHililftiuiml " " 1 month ' S " 3 " .U 50 ,. 0 125 ,. 1 95 13 3 0(1 " changeable monthly, per wmum... . ii weekly " " .... StsndiiiK cord, one square or Ims, " .... column, c)ioiigLalil iiinrU;rly," " .... " " " " " SO 00 WOO 8 (HI ST IM) fiO (H) ....100 00 Othorcufli not provided for, cliargsaule In conformity will) llio bovo rates. All Wdcd anVrtisiMnmits to bo charged not less than double Uie bovo rotes, ami nieaiumi a if solid. A.ivertinemi-iits on the Inddo exclusively, to bn charged at the rate of 50 pur cent, in advance on the above rates. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL , 1850. I 'll bit. The Tribune lms u lengthy review of a new book. " Cuba ami tlie Cubans," wbicb possesses much interest. The book gives n detailed and full account of the history, condition, &c., of the Island, and in the prog' eut itateot the public mind , will moot with u rapid tale. The question of annexation to the Unitud State is discussed and its probability pointed out. It will be opposed by tho officials and the men who are interested iu plundering tho Inland of the revenue now collected I litre. Hut the mass of the people appear to be ready for a change. The Spanish papers both there and at Madrid assert that resistance to tho bitter end will follow, and, if other meaui fail, the slave population will bo freed ami armed, and turned against the invader. When the hour of convulsion comes wo shall " witness many tragedies. It will not settle down into a calm, quiet state, inaduy. Tho book is published by rutiuini, Now York. ContTC3NIcl!iy in TrniiNiictiiitf Public ltii.hirs--Wlio is HcspoiiNihlcl It is now about live months since Congress assembled. In both Houses the Locofoco party have a practical majority. In tho Senuto it is overpowering and decisive. In tho House it has proved avaUnliio for party purposes. That party now hold tho Speaker, Clerk, and every ollicer that has been elected at the present session. Tho inquiry is very genera) among tho public : what is Congress doing T We can only aimwur that, except talk about tho slavery question, it hu dune nothing, Absolutely nothing. Not that thereis nothing before them that calls for action, but because they see fit to fritter away their tiuio in the most foolish and profitless talk. Kor months California has been knocking at the door, ami uskiug admission into the Union as one of this great brotherhood uf States. The President, with that prompt mid patriotic feeling that has ever characterized all the acts of his life, upon tho reception of tho constitution of California, immediately transmitted it to Congress, und urged immediate action thereon. He has done ull that he can do to consummate the reception of that Statu. He has given Aw viewsof the duty of Congress when that subject was forced upon him, and he was bound to speak. His plan is simple und effectual. In tho present position of utfuir, it is the only one that can prevail. It is conceived in the highust practical wisdom, nod with a profound knowledge of the position of ntmir, and the stnte of feeling nt tho North and the South. Tho different Departments of government have promptly made their reports, and they have long since been submitted to Congress. The wants of the country, of the Army and Navy, and the civil list have been presented in detail. In short, every thing has long since been done hy tho executive, that the constitution, the lows, and the uniform practice of the gov ernment required to bo done on their part. And yet the Legislative branch, with all this desired information before them, with the means to know what is required for the public service fully ox plained, bus, since the first Monday of December, and up to tho present writing, passed no mensure of public interest, and bus hardly acted at all upon any of them. Private claims, private interests, that class of legislation which is often laborious and difficult, have fared no better at their hands. The fact being admitted that there has been great delay, unjustifiable delay, the question returns, who is responsible for it? What party shall we look to as the delinquent r We affirm most unequivocally that this obloquy must bo borne by tho Democracy. To our mind there is nu esc a from it. Let us briefly refer to some of the reasons in support of this opinion. Tho business' of Congress is prepared, digested and presented by the several committees of each House, The annual message of llio President is referred to those committees; all special matters presented are referred to the proper sources. Resolutions, petitions, See, are also referred. These committees digest and report bills for tho action of their several bodies. It has become a regular and well known practice that all bills and subjects for action must come from these committees. Now, it is a mutter of notoriety that both in the Sen ate and House of Representatives the committees are Democratic, and each of them have Democratic chairmen. In the Senate, which is strongly of that party, the committees are elretnl by tho Senators. To our recollection, not n single committee of that body certainly not a single important committee, has a Whig chairman, or a Whig majority. Iu flic House of Rep resentatives tho committees are appointed by the Speaker. Mr. Cobb, being n full bloodoil Democrat has been very careful, as in duty bound , to make none other than Democratic committees m the House, Tho whole business of preparing and presenting business, is, then, in the hands nt tho Drimicrn -y. Thoy have taken this labor and ri'Miiiihility upon themselves. They have a majority in both Houses ul Congress, and can at nny time curry through nuil carry out any men sure that nny of their committees inny propose. It the President sees lit to recommend any measures, it is referred to the proper committee. That committee may report favorably or unfavorably. And that report may and probably will be adopted by Con gress, because it is the majority report ins; and recom mending action of a particular kind lo the majority Willi the majority iu both Houses, and with the com mand of the committees in each branch, then' appears no good reason why business should lie unusually and unnecessarily dclnycd ; and it is also equally evident that the majority must be held respoiiniblo for watc of time, for waste of menus, for the delay in tho trans action of public business. Wa shall continue this subject hereafter. All extrusive Job propoMHl, The Statesman has at last opened its eyes to its tnie position. Tho editor appears just to hnvu found out that he Is correctly understood anil duly appreciated by his owu parly friends through the State. Thoy are meeting together in County Conventions, and am ! nounciiig him as utterly unworthy of the confidence of honest Democrats. And we have finally succeeded in "opening the cyet" of tho editor to this plain fact, He, of course, is not pleased with the prospect of the future. He looks upon this rebellion in bis owu ranks us something to be crushed st once. The ex-Chairman of the ' Committee of Public Safety," w ho took this great State safely through the trrmemlout crisis so truth' fully portrayed by tho loth of May Convention, and who, at thu end of tho crisis resigned hit resignation to the hamlt that gave it, is not to bo treated iu this manner by the very men whom he saved from the tomahawk and scalping knives of the Whigs. And thereupon he issues his Ukase, and in very decided tones tell these halting, doubtiug Democrats that if they don't stay thuir doubts and grumbling ; if they don't believe he is a per secuted politicul saint, why, he will skin every mother's sou of them. He has had some experience in skinning eoous, and ho rather thinks ho can learn to skin chick ens. Hear him; - "It Is not pleasant fur us to open a warfare upon our democratic friends in the Legislature, for one, two or a hall a douu erroneous votes ; wo peeler to be con-sidered forbearing ratbor than dictatorial, but if it is de cided by publ c lueciinu or otherwise, that we are io no ii, wny we snail pnnrm ino sKiuuiug m uie mosi approved style wo slmll. and no mistake. We have been skinning owns so long that wo think wo could take tho skiu oil' a rooster whose feather stand the wrung way I We hope both parties may enjoy the npet-atiuu hugely l Pleasant prospect ahead I Correspondence of the Ohio State Journal.) The Ncimte Fight The New Clerk The Cabinet. Washington, April 17, 18.10. There have been great doing here to-day. The Sun-1 ale has been the theatre ot a precious scene of bena- atorial folly and violence. The country has been dis graced and her honor degraded in the eyes of the whole civilized world. You have already had the dotal' by telegraph no doubt full, complete, and life-like. Thoy are too sickening for repetition. It may be a matter of amusement to some to talk over the affair, and to think of it a becoming betweeu two honorable Sena ators; but where is thu American who bus been ac customed to look upon his country with pride, that does Dot hang his head fur shame-? How will it sound to the ears of foreign monarch T With what zest! will the Court Journals of England, Austria, Russia and other countries Bwallow and digest the story! It will be to them a God-send a marvellous event, and full of interest. But of what consequence is it to the American nation at large that a private, personal quar rel has occurred betweeu Henry S. Foote and Thomas Hart Benton T Is it so that the country must be made to boar the reproach of that petty difference that the , Senate Chamber, which, of all other places, should be one of sacred dignity and truth, must be made tho theatre ot ruffian assaults? Have llio parties a plethora of courage and prowess 1 lot them fight it out in the woods (of which there are plenty about Washington,) out of sight of human hubitutious and of civilized life. And let them keep tho details to them selves. It is time tho public voice ami voto should correct this shameless abuse of trust and Honor, or in few years perhaps a few months blood will fol-1 luw the " Honorobit " assassin's, knife and pistol wher ever his malice may prompt him to carry it. A few mouths ago, a poor, weuk, despised man wont into the Senate chamber, and dropped some remarks about a Senator, which showed his reason was impair- He was at once arrested at the instigation of a uliant member of that body, by the strong right arm f a police guard, and thrown into prison. Ho re mained therefor some weeks; no evidence could be trumped up against him, and he was discharged. It is brave thing to crush the wenx, and when once down put tin; iron hcul upon their defenceless necks. But I lore wo havo un instance not of a wouk, (though purhapsduspisudiinprolected man butofone whose ' nation is great, and whose accountability should be much the greater iu proportion; he draws a mur. I urous weapon upon his fellow Senator on the floor of thu American Senate, and his antagonist rushes at him ! ith all the fury of a raving bull ! Now, if the weak and deranged deserve such judgment for their misconduct, how ought not those to sutler who not only peril oat h others lives, but disgrace tho whole American na- lon by their action? Thu sober and the virtuous of alt laities must look to it speedily; for if such men are sent with the honor and the destiny of millions iu their hands, the American name will soon become a reproach, and a stench in the nostrils of all mankind. The election of Mr. Young, late Commissioner of tho oneral Lund Office, as Clerk of the House of Itepre- utatives, was anticipated, and has not given auy great isappointmcnt. Aside from his Locofocoism, Mr. oung is esteemed a clever man ; and he has sufficient ability for the requirements of the office The severe comments of several leading Whig jour nals in New York and elsewhere, Uhiii the Cabinet, and particularly upon Messrs. Johnson, Crawford, and Meredith, have failed altogether of any good etlect. As to the Galphin ctuim, it is in the hands of a search- g committee, appointed at the instigation of Mr. raw ford himself, with full powers conferred by a Whig resolution; and it surely ought to be sufficient to satisfy all parties till their report is made public. Af ter that, comment might perhaps be in order. As for Mr. Meredith, who has received a share of abuse, whut- ovor may bo said of him as a politician, it can not be i.'ined thai iu all his private or official transaction he above suspicion and beyond reproach. His charac r for strict integrity, no one who knows his history would venture to assail. CIVIS. Correipondrnce ol the Ohio State Journal. Election In the New County of Vinton. McArthurstown, April ICth, I860. Mk. Uascom: Believing that some items in relation to the election of officers for the now county of Vinton, which came off y est en lay, in conformity to the t of the Legislature croatiug tho same, I avail myself f the earliest opportunity to give them to you. The ild party lines were not regarded in making up either of tho opposing tickets. The parties may be known by the names of ' Town and Country parties," though he names do not indicate the character of either of the parties. The candidates on both sides were from the country, with two or three exceptions. The contest was pretty warm, and the result such that neither par ly could claim a victory. The officers elected are all oin the country, ull excellent men, and well qualified to discharge the duties of their respective offices. All parties are well satisfied with the result. The following are the names ot the persons elected Almond Soul, Jr., (D.) L. 8. Paine, (W.) and Andrew Curry, (W.) commissioners; Henry Payne, (W.)Treas- iror, Joseph McGee, (D.) Auditor; traucisSuade,(D.) Sheriff; Jamos Maloan, (D.) Recorder! William M Bolls, (W.) County Surveyor; John A. Brown, (W.) rosecuting Attoruoy, and A. L. Beard, (W.) Coroner. The imliiical complexion of the county is thouiduto ie sliizhtly Democratic, but we have a kott of Whigs, good and tine, real woraors. J XV Tho Providence Post makes tho Galphin busi-a tho text for a bitter tirade against the Adminis- ration und the Whig party, and in the course of it "y-A ' Well, UIO mailer oils ni'mi iminmi w cmniNiueu ho House, nud it is understood that the atliiir is to whitewashed. ' Uiuteritood," is it? How " understood t" The House is decidedly opposition! so is the committee. as is the Speaker who appointed it. Why, then, is the iitiVtir to bo whitewashed r fiouilcmeiiof the opposition ! you cannot ride both siilesof this sapling I Either the Galphin payment is rij;htor wrung either Gov. Crawford is blameless in the promises or deserving of severe reprehension iuih.tr the rep roam, n just, is counuea io nun or ouui to exond further. The whole case t now m your hiiiuls, and if it is " whitewashed," yours will lie the blame and the discredit ! The W big party, the Pres ident, the Cabinet, iusist that there be no whitewash- ig, but an honest ami tearless exHsition. Do your tiiv to the country, and then ulamu me rreanieut and the Whigs it tney tan io uo uieirs : n. i. mount. sn they refused to fall iu and support Mr. Clay' who held up as a better friend of" free Territory" than Very well sir 1 Wlutt of lit " In when Mr. Clay ran as the whig candidate for the Presidency, against Mr. Polk, the whig sturdier hereabouts were indiiMiaut at a few abolitionists, be- cam WIU the nholitiouists theinselvos. But what followed? Mr. Polk was elected in the face ot the whig cry of " pro aliivervites" and under hi ad mi nitration a territorial law was passed for Oregon, which included the Wilmot Provis , signed by Mr. Polk and became a law. titatet- Ye ir ! Ami the whole of Texas with slavery was annexed without any proviso, except that when more slave States were necessary thoy might bo made out ot Texu. Not only that, but a largo portion of Mexico was nmioxcd, nbout which all the present difficulty no- curs. A few more votes for Mr, Clai in 1814 would havo prevonted Texas from coming hi when she did and on tho terms she did t they would havo prevonted tho war and ull the present controversy, which Gt! Cass says makes ey thing look so gWnny for tin on u try. Now that Tr. Clay and otlier prominent wing stop forward to save the country they aro ridiculed and traduced for it. Tho democrats can get the country in to difficulty fast enough, but they stand back ami leav the task of getting it out to w lugs. It is in their vie a very ridiculous operation. It don't pay. A man who attempt to settle a uiuicuuy may un wrong, ai an euts he will displease our parly or the other ami per. haii lioth. Perhaps it is very iininl nolle and looliil to attempt to settle Uiliicuities at an. W.mni mn Ckmktkrt. We are pleased to see that th work of improving and ornamenting the Woodland C i,.tnrv L'niutidrt. is steadily thouiih slowly progressm. Kroin preseut indications this will be one of thnmot handsome burial places in tho country. It i already the irt of mnuy strangers wno visit towu, wen as m those who hove relations and mends interred there, and ifonrcitiieiis generally. A visit lomiy 01 uinoni uuryui, uroiiiids tliefcnce around someoi wnicii are down, n monuments mutilated and defaced, and the npraraiice iiftolalubuiidonnienteharacteriieevery tliiiigcoiiiiected will. il,.ni will convince every one of the policy .n.lit.tf the Association in its work, and cause regret til it was not called HUO existence soonur. .imiu i IT An Indian complained to a rumseller that the price of liquor was too high. Tho latter, in justifica tion, said that it cost as much to keep t Hogshead I..,. Iv lii ktt a row The Iudiau replied, " May be ha drinks as much water, but n no et so mucn nay. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 18.10. Whig (jiiiberiiutoriiil Convention Are the White reudy for action f On the (5th of May, two weeks from yesterday, the Whig State Convention will assemble in thiB city to nominate a candidate for Governor. In many counties we have noticed that delegates have beeu appointed, und arrangements are fully made. Is this tho case iu 11 the counties of the State T Wo hope so, but we fear not. On the 9th of March the Central Committee publish ed in the Journal an apjiortiontiieut of delegates to the several counties. It was formed on the basis of one delegate to evory 500 Whig votes at tho Governor's lection in 1848; and one additional lor every irucuou over 250. We hope that, if tho Whigs of any county have neg lected to appoint, thoy will at onco attend toil, us there uo tiuio to be lost. We wish to sue every county fully represented, and a fair ami deliberate expression opinion. It will be remembered that our Convention assem bles on the same duy that tho Coustitutiuiial Convention meets. As many persons in different parts of the State may desire to see that body in session, the attendance at the Whig Convention will give them this opportunity. Whigaoi OhioI ARE YOU REALIx 7 V3T We publish to-day an ably written communica tion in explanation and defoiico of Mr, Webster. We hope it will be carefully read. We confess the first reuding of Mr. Webster's speech, reported for the popers did not please us. Wo could not see objections to it that some saw, but we did not like some of his propositions. We could seo no neces. ity of talking about the free blacks of Virgiuiu, or of appropriating million of dollars to send them to Ain- If there aro any good reasons tor that idea, we have yet to read them. We grant to Webster great ubility. Wo grant to hun great polilicnl sagacity. But wo think we have seen here the greatest and best men have somotimes been mistaken. Time may perhaps show Webster right in 1 nil thu positions ot thut spoech. As tit present advised I cannot think so ot all. We did not regard Mr. Webster as having abandoned the Proviso, and we so expressed ourselves at the time. His explicit declaration that he took back no idea he , or uttered on that subject, was couclusiv'e to our mind upon that point. The only question was, shall wo mint upon it m a case where its application will make no difference T So presented itscll to his mind, and with this idea his action was right. But read and ponder the article. j hose WiUiuiiitt County Kesolulioiis IHedury rWiiM to publish Hu-iii Democrat of the Northwest treutcd with contempt Head I We have waited nearly a week for our utiterrilied ml bank-haling neighbor to publish the proceedings the Democratic meeting in Williams county. Ihey uro published in tho Defiance Democrat, with a request that they be published in thu Statesman. We had faint hopes that tho editor of that paper would " face the music, ami give his friends a hearing through his lumus. But we have waited in vain. Lvery kueo must bow to him, or keep at a respectful distance from his office. It is a favorable omen, however, when Democrats have the independence in expose and denounce him as thoy did ut this meeting. Ho can see by this and by hundreds of other signs that his race is nin, his power has departed. Read tho following res- lutiousoiid see what honest men tluukol tuoir leader: Krom thu Defiance Democrat Democratic Meeting. Pursuant to notice a Democratic meeting was held at the Court House in Bryan, Williams county, ou the eninuof the 9th day of April, nist. being they'd ay of the term of the Court of Common Plea for he purpose of hearing tho defence of Geu. S. S. Sprague against the charges of the thirty-live Demo cratic members or tue unio LegiBiuiure,auu m viiun-uution of his course as thu Representative ol Northwestern Ohio. Ou motion of William McKcaii, Esq., JOHN A. Ml- MON was called to thu chair, und Milton U.I'lummkr was appointed Secretary. ueti. cipruguo was luuiliy caueu tor auu uhik uio land. After ho had concluded his address the follow- iif resolutions wore otlercd Ity Albert Otxlycko, hsn., which, on motion, were unanimously agreed to : Whereas, the legislature ot this Mtuie has just clo sed a session of moro than ordinary interest, inasmuch subiecls of much importance have boon acted upon ; ,1 whereas wo have now an opportunity of ineotinc lie Hep resell tat ivo from tin district, and of hearing mm hi own mouth an account of hi stowartUhip ; and whereas his constituency um tho only body to whom hu is responsible for his conduct as representative, it is proper for u to express fully and explicitly our approbation or disapprobation ut the legislative course of our representative; Therefore, KCtOtvea, IIIOl Ul lieu, money o. onninn nc uenmu fearless advocate ol the principle ol Democracy, bo. uninfluenced bv the trammels of a corrupt tin pan, has faithfully and fearlessly stood by the interest ol the people, agaiust the corrupt auu corrupting iiuiiieucu 01 rotten bunk monopolist uuu wieir open ami secret lends. Retolved. That Gen. H. S. Sprague lias exhibited, iu his legislative course during the mst winter, that m- lepeiuteuce and moral limine which, mnuiimiiueiy, ho of lato become quite too rare a quality iu our leg-inlatora: and that ho ha faithfully represent! d hi con stituent iu his advocacy of the principle of giving thu printing to tho lowest responsible bidder; in denouncing a tin pan which could hold well together when a little uitrotinge was to be given Ut a favorite partisan pet; but whi:h either assumed to the renewal of u cor- pt bank charter, ut ntu iiiuor ui ym rowm r w in nieces at tho approach ; and iu his luithful and tlicieut advocacy of the various local interests which II so beneficially ettoct tho interest ot ihispiirtoi the Stain. kaolvcd. That Samuel Medary, Editor of the Ohio Statesman, iu his incomprehensible and as yet Uliox- nluitiHi silence, w hen ilanuer tin caieneil tne prevalence of Democratic principles, by llio renewal ol the charter of the Clinton Bank of Columbus, is inconsisU'iit ith the character ol a true Dcmitcrat, incousisieut ith his former urofcssmtis, ho shaken to its founda tion tho confidence which the Democracy have heretofore placed in him, and unfitted him to stand upon the watch-tower of the citadel of Democracy. Remtltvl, Thai his wholesale aim uumeaumg no use f ..nr Kenresentative diirimt tho past winter, i a di rect insult to hi constituency, and is an additional ev- iluiice that he possesw none ot those traits oi ciinrac- ter which diitmgiiisii the gentleman irom uie wugur U was niovou ami carrion " m.mniiin i this meeting be signal by its ollicer, and puiiiism"! in all the Democratic paper in this Representative dis trict and in the Ohm Htatesman. J, A. Bl.MU.-N, Vhairman. M. B. Plummkr, Secretary. For tho Ohio 8UUJ Journal Mr. Webster's Speech nnd hit position A speech from Mr. Wkbbter is always a thing to be studied, in more respects than one. A new statue hy Powers or Thohiwaldxn is scarcely produce J with ffreater care, or a more minute attculiouui the rules ol art. Mr. Wxmtir unquestionably partnkos of the general opinion that hi anasi-hea will live long after he shall have departed; that osnlo irom ino merits orue- merits of the views he advocates, thoy will be stmlie for generations, as high examples and models ol their kind. This would naturally have iu effect iihiii the speeches tliemselvefl. But a mall portion ul hi au- tlieiice is in this country, or now on tueuartn. in con- suiting the opinions of his audience ho consults more than tho present 1 bo tecs thronging around nun schol ars, philosophers and patriots of future generations. This may load to great errors, ami ha a tendency to lead to groat virtues. Very tow ol his Bteeciios ore speei lies from impulse. Few of hu sjwechefl hav met with a reception as enthusiastic as mat wnicii in freuuoiitly been giveu to siwot bos from others that were generally forgotten or condemned the year after delivery. Yet no man of this country ha pnduetMl succession of Bweches to which any cousideruhle num ber of intelligent judges award a degree ol excellent at all to bo compared with hi. No man's Bjteoi Iiob are so much recited in our public schools. No man spoeches aro now so generally studied and admired li clmUn. They possess an element uf popularity ei tirely distinct from and above the ephemeral opinion of the day. I havo watched In career mr iwen years, and scarcely a year ha passed, during which he did not omit to make a speech when many suppose he ought to make one, or did not make a spoech uf kind which many said he ought nut to have mad Nor has scarcely year passed during which ho d not make at least ono speech acknowledged to be masterpiece of its kind. As a politician he has almost always been in mi' noriiy. Ho ho always boon associated with men ureat abilitv. His talents have been such as to un cate his 11 toes for the Presidency ; and there has ways been some avidity to record any thing in hit speeches not quite approved at the time, as evidence of a design to improve his chances for that high office. 1 have no doubt Mr. Wkusteii would like to bo President, and that ho would be willing to do what he might think proper, to accomplish that object. Ho would be more or less than human if he would not. But that ho would sacrifice, iu any large degree, his reputation as an orator, u Senator, or as a man, to ut-Uiin it, I do not believe. I see no evidence that he has boen at ull deceived as to his prospects, or that hu regarded Ilium us more favorublo than others did. Hut lie ho shuwn no disposition to abandon his post in tho minority, und Buek alliances with more powerful com-biliaiious. On such occasions us have offered themselves to turn llio scales and bring forward a majority to support his side uf the great questions of the duy, his energies havu been absolutely transcendent and herculean. It has happened that in most in nuances these o Hurts have beeu put forth for tho benefit of others, rather than himself. Other have been put forward to positions considered by him und Ids friends undue to himself. Hu has, and they have, unquestionably felt a sense of injustice, mid chiigriu, such as uuy mull would feel such iih it is no discredit to any inu'i to feel. But 1 know of no man 1 recollect uo mail, either iu the Whig party or any other, iu this country or any other, whoso own claims have been so little attended to, who has habitually, on such occasions, come forward more magnanimously mid earnestly, to help others, than ho has. There is no evidence that his public life has beca greedy, or treacherous, Ou the contrary ho has been in most tilings person d to himself a man of forbearance. It has nut un frequently huppeued, when his party has beeu overborne und beutuu, discourtigi'd and broken, so that scurccly uuy hope was left in it, that Mr. Wkdstkk has spoken thu word that gave it new lift -that he hus given tho signal which rallied U to new animation. I believe that Mr. WtB.iTKit ki.ivj. i well im any on,t can tell him. that his use,! unless hero und tamo hereafter depend mainly upon his character us a lawyer, a Seuutur, it diplomatist mid an umtor, und not upon any uew position that ho may gain; consequently, that his speeches and State papers will he the menus through which he is to bo judged tho tests by which he is to stand or liill. What the statues of Thorswai. pen mid Power ure to them, Mr. WEiisTKR'sspeechesaieiohim. Hook lor lahiimity. 1 look ir tliougiits not altogether obvious. 1 look for something besides thu mere rccmiit-! illation of the provailiim notions of tho times. But I do hot look tor that which will excite an immediate and spontaneous clamor of approval. Neither do I look for sycophancy, or for thu betrayal of trusts. I look for ambition and pride; not ambition for plncu nor the pride of u menu heart, but for pride of public service and the glorious ambition of u great intellect to erect another monument io itsell und to tho country.Mr. Wkbstku' production buvo always been char acterized by a curtain completeness of finish never surpassed and seldom approached. The thoughts uro assorted and presented iu a clioseu ord'T, und the language is selected with wonderful skill to present exactly the idea and uo other. His earlier speed ion had more of the controversial character than those uf lute yours, They exhibit breudth and scope witli vehoinen- cy oi logic, uviucilig ueiei imnuiioii to uphold ins own views and overcome opposition. For a number of years back, except when under provocation, his speeches have been of u milder stump. The object seems to have beeu to present his own opinions in lliu heat manner, and so as lint to provoke controversy. Ho nut unfreqiieiitly declines to reply to auimudver-sinus. Hu makes his speech and leuves it to work its wuy. Ho delivers over his now statue to ihe public gaze, und whatever may bo said of it, he seldom touches it again or attempts to reverse the public judgment upon it. In proportion us his speeches havu assumed Uio churactoiisiic hut mentioned they have also become more wonderful forcomleusntioiiuud felicity of expression. No man over attempted a moro hopelc task than it would be to condense the matter of one ol Mr. Wkiister'i speeches into n nurrower compats. And the task would be scarcely less difficult to convey precisely his meaning m any other lunguiige than hi own. Thus it happ'-us, that, while his laiiguue is extremely clear and explicit, ho is seldom correctly understood except by tlmsa who read hi own lau-guuge. If you wish to get his meaniii'', depend upon it, you can do so from no letter writer, nor editor, nor speaker, with nny certainty, lour only sate resort i lo tho speech itself. You cannot " comleio" n " abstract " the sentiments ot nil akspkark, us ex press ed in Hamlet or tiichunl HI, liorol .Milton's Paradise Lost. The least ellbi l to do so would be u caricature. Let mo now say a few words about Mr. Wmmtkh's recent speech on tho slavery question. I do not say I was what it should tmvc been, it is one ol tlio-u hings which a modest man may lie permitted to dis- ilss with Uitlnleiice; nnd il not precisely what lie would have desired, he might still be excused from a very hasty and u very violent condemnation, a It ireieiui to say now is. Unit it is not what it is cuticu many ouarUxs. I nete has been, it seems to me good deal ol mistake ami still more misrepresentation to what tho speech really l. J-.very body is rilit the belief thai it is uil a Northern, section d speech. Ho did not i house totx ld tho khiiio relation to the North which Mr. Callmou did to the South. He pro fessed to make n national spoech. Nor do I see that ideuee ol his "going over to the Pout 1 1, which many protend to see. 1 hu luudaiiieiitul idea ot the speech is, that slavery cannot go to tho new territories, mid consequently uiai u is not worm wnue io quarrel uooui a iiiuif; Inch can never happen. But the speech was madi ujtou ir. Clay s resolutions, nnd he seemed to think it lit opHrtuuity to explain Ins views in regard to the hole controversy. 1 do not choose lo un over tnc ground. 1 do not choose even to advocate the correct 'ss ol tho speech. But I choose simplv to say that great deal of that which i said about it is without good ground lores! upon. It is suid Unit tie gave a history ot slavery, mid no- 'od the tact that the world was lull ot it during the ime of ourSAVloit, nnd that ho did not specifically de nounce it, trout tins it has hot u inferred that .Mr. WtBsTHi intended to bring forth an arguui'Uit in fa ir ol slavery. Certainly hu drew no such iniereiici The fact is not one which anybody dispute. But Mr, Wkiistkr did go on to say, and did say, alter show- un- that furl, that Tho ohiect ol the instruction imparted to maiiKimt by thu founder of Christianity, was to touch tin heart, purify the soul, and imiirove Ihe lives of individual That ohiect went dueetlv to the lirt louiuimi ( all polilical and nit social relations of the human race, as well as till true religious feeling, Ihe individual art and mind of man." Here is thu wholu auti-sluvery argument iu a nut hell, nxorcsscd with bounty and clearness, so far us the Bible i concerned. It is the answer lo the fact tore stated and the refutation of the argument hascd pon it. No one has over stated it better or iu a form mure likelv to be remembered. Aguiu, ho is charued Willi taking tho grouuu mat believer Texas chooses, or the South choonc to cut n Texas into four slave States, there is un obligation to aituiit mem into the union. Mr. Weihteh vurv precisely took no am h ground He adverted to tho tact that the aitfumeut or rvsolu- ion to admit Texas, contained a prov isioii allowing bel li ha made into our state, nud siiul l hut winn lie op posed thu making of the uruiiuement, and did nil hi mid tit prevent it heme made, he woiiiii, now uiai u made, live un to it. lie alluded to ibis when libinif the enormous urovvlh of slavery ui the I idled States, and thu advantage already sut ured to it. But expressly said thai lie did not llutiK llio aamo run would apply n to ihe necessary population for n uew state m lexa thai would he uppueu in cast? m n u-in toryt that it did not iu his opinion, follow that now .tales should tto lorinod ns hist as uu y snail un popu lation lor them eiiuul to what is reuuimt lor u u-nnoi to become a statu. What I mean losav is. thas the tiuio lor tho admit. sion of now State formed out of Texas, the number ol iui Ii Sinte. their boundaries, and the requisite nmntint it population, and other things connected with this nil mixtion, are in the free discretion ot Congress, except thi, lo wit: that when now State, tunned out o lex as, are lo bu adimth-d, they havo a rigui ny icgai ii' ulaliou ami contract to come iu a slave mules. Hoav this i plainly tho stipulation vvliuh " o friends tho Norlhcru Democracy havo it It us to tullil and I, for one, menu to tulld H, www I ul not vtoiatc the faith of (lottrnmrHt-,t Again, It i charged mm mr wis noniiuuiiru hmiuhu heretofore occupied by lillil IU opposition to tho exlen-sion of slavery. On the contrary, ho quotes and reaffirm his previous determination to opjKiso all further extension of slavery. Mr, Whenever tllt'in I a anosinmivH k"u " biiiet whenever the e is a toot of laud lit bo slant hack from becoming slave territory, 1 am ready lo assert the principle uf the exclusion of slavery. 1 am pledged to !. ' ui-. i i,.vn i. .,l..,i..,..i t it , ami ayain; amp I will rmtroRK those rLxnmst but 1 II not tin a thing unnecessarily that wounds the lee- uil!S ol others, or thai noes u ingenue ut my own uuoer tanding. Mr. W ebster ! equally misrepresented nnd iuicnn- at rued in a great ninny other respects. 1 he limits ol this article do not ndinil of moro extracts. In a abort meech. or rather m a lew remaik since made, lie ex pressed a strong preference for voting ujmui California iv itself. Ho did not look for any very valuable re- .id l IVom the committee ot thirteen. Bui the commit tee was urged so strenuously that lie withdrew Ins optMisition lather than agreed to it. Ho has sincobeeu placed upon that cotiiimtleo. Kvery ouo mti"t form hi own opinion a to the cor rect nci of Mr. Wester views. My only object is todefond him Against charge of saying the opposite of what he did asv. hclher rti-ht or w mim iu his opin ion, 1 have mi doubt ilinl Mr. Welter know beforo he made tho speech, and wiien no mnde it, the kind ol reception it would meet. Ho know as well then as anybody knows now, that ho would not gain Democratic or southern votes for tho Presidency, and ho know what animadversion to eipect from the people of the North. 1 seo not hi mi iu hi public or private career which either provokes or jusiilie thecharuo, that it was mnde iu a imr-erriig gutttrrrient spirit, lie oxhibited mi greediness to place himself nt the head uf movement, He avoided everything uini couiu seem tinii of others. The speech was delivered to tin audience ns august and anxious us was ever collected in Amoricu. It was done, not with the leers and smirks of a demagogue, but with the feeling and solemnity with which a greut Senator and uti honest man miidit bo expected to meet what he supposed a crisis in the coiiinry. Whether its sentiments shall ultimately be approved or disapproved, the speech itself will stand, another monument m Ins Senatorial career. II would be pre suming much more than the fact would warrant to suppose thut one tenth of those persons who express ilieir opinions upon it, havo ever read the speech or deliberately investigated the topics discussed in it. i WKDNKSDAY liVENING, Al'ltIL 24, 1850. Hard Money Locofocoisin In the Slate Awful fttcumboat Disaster I-Oue Hun oi soimi varoiiun. When o vacancy took place in the Senate of the Uni ted Stutes by the death of John 0. Calhoun, of South Carolina, Governor Seabrook proceeded to fill it by The Delay In Congee Who Is Ile-KpoiiNihlclFor some time past it has been very fushiotiablo for tho pur, or of thu bitter end school to bumte the 1'reui-dent and his Cabinet, and attempt to throw all the odium of the delay in transacting public business upon them. Wo huvo already demonstrated tho fulsity of this position. The party of the President being in a minority in both Houses, they are powerless to act, and to advance measures. The lead in all business is in opposition hands. That it is not used to advance the interests of thu ('resident or the nation, is now well understood. What is il the 1'residcnt has left undone, that belongs to him to do, iu order to expedite tho business of Congress T His message was presented us soon as the two Houses were organized and ready to receive it. Thut im-flsiigo was full and explicit. It presented the truo tuto ul our foreign and domestic uftiira. The general policy of tho Administration was unfolded. The re- irts of tho several departments were prompt and in order. There has beeu uo complaint or cause for complaint about nny of these things. We do not see, and we havo not seen auy siiecific mrges uf delay &c. made against the Administration, j We hear plenty of muttering and general complaint, but we have seeu nothing tangible that by any fair op-1 eration could be brought to thu door of the President or the Cabinet. If uuy charge of the kind do exist, wo hope some bitter under will bring them out and let the people know what they are. It will be remem bered thut tho duties of the Administration are executive. Tho otlicers of State uie called upon to executu carry nut the laws. It is tho duty in U on gross to rescii bo what these laws slmll be. So fur, then, us legislation is concerned, the President und Cabinet have no voice or power. They cannot compel others to wmk if they trill nut. The Constitu tion has very wisely left tho law making power to au thor bruuch of the Government. It was never sup posed by the fruitier of that instrument that members I Congress would so far forget their position and duty as to tulle with the public interests, and bring ro- roaeh upon the representative character und a repre sentative Government. Tho only remedy, where such state of fact exists, is, fur the sovereign people to uke tin affair into their own hands and rebuke those who have betrayed the trust of confiding constituents. Wu ask the people of Ohio to look with a calm, un- Itiassed, and, if possible, impartial eye at the course of ho Executive, since it came into power. Has any man been deceived in the political complexion of tho Administration! It was elected as a Whig Administration. It was supposed, and supposed very truly, that its leading features and policy would be Whig. hu contest was bused ou that issue. hen Gun. Tay lor was inaugurated he appointed a Whig Cabinot. He ailed around him a his Constitutional udviseri, some f the ablest men iu thu nation. Of the ubility or po- itical predilections of such men as Clayton, EwiugJ Slc, nobody is ignorant, and nobody is in doubt. These ! upftoiiitmcid took nobody hy surprise, it wns just ns well known before, as it was utter, that thu Cabinet I would be Whig. I The first message of the President was just such a' :!octunent as the nation expected. It was clear, con- nud direct. It contained no humbug, no sophis try, no attempts to make tho worse npear the better easou. It was a truthful and fair statement uf tho condition of the untiou. So far as measures were re commended, ihuy were just such as every body, W'hig, Locurbco, or Free So tier, expected. Thedoctnue of induction to American industry against the pauper la-imr, and the restrictive system of Europe, was main tained and enforced. Tho neceity of improving our rivers nnd harbors was maintained, and was put by him on its true ground. Tho policy of maintaining peaceablo and friendly relations with other nations, was recognized. In short, the whole document wns right. It was well received by tho holiest mid sensible portion of the American people. Wo ask, what there was nbout it that was obnox ious f What wa there di tie rout from what had been ted T Wo affirm, nothing. He proved himself true to his friends, and tnie to his couutry. He hi luring his wholu course as a public man, in both a civil and military capacity, discharged every duty with a fidelity and skill that cannot fail to secure the applause of riht-thinking minds. And, let us ask thu couutry what there was about this first message that by any pretonco can make an excuse for tho extraordinary delay in legislation T W here is the excuse I By what system of logic can it be transferred from the majority in Congress and thrown ton the administration 1 It cannot bo done. All at tempts at it will rebound and overthrow the men who make tho etlort. Wo are ready and willing to tnko the roioiisibility of the act of the nd ministration. Lot them bo henped iitoii tho Whig party. It would argue something more than huiuuu if every act would meet the cordial approbation of every Whig. This never was done, and, in all human probability, never will be. Tho par ly which shouted itself hoarse about 54 4ir, and then wns compelled by tho administration uf Polk, to tumble down to 49, should be tho Inst on earth lo ex pect everything just as each individual member of it desired. But, lakon as a whole, we give our adhesion to the President. Wo vastly prefer his views and policy to thut of his predecessor, or to the policy that would bo adopted by the powerful party that is now striving to bring the administration into reproach. We think we know what wo are talking about. Wo have n en something uf tho workings ot each system iu past lays, and we have a very decided choice. It is odT duty and our pleasure to express that choice. We shall defend it " here and elsewhere," now and hereafter. Wo shall not bo content U defend. Wu shall at tack and exKJso the conduct of ihe opposition. Wo nllirm that thoy are guilty of unpardonable delay in doing thu business ol the untiou. We shall hold them to this accountability, Wo seek discussion and investigation. Wu believe with Jefferson, Unit in a fair field truth hns nothing Ui fear in a contest with falsehood and error. Moro anon. appointmeut. He first offered the post to General James Hamilton, who is deeply interested in Texas bonds. He declined. The place was then offered to Hon. Langdon Cheves, who wus the first President of the late Bank of the United Stales. Ho is now seven ty-four years old, and for a long time has been out of pontics. He then ottered the place to Hon. Franklin 11. Elmore, once a member of Congress, but at the time of bis appointment, and for several year before, President of the Bunk of South Carolina. He has accepted, and is now in his seut. Wo were struck with the comparison between Democracy in South Carolina nud the sumo article in Ohio. Hero is an ultra Democratic State, with a Democratic Governor. He looks around for a suitable man to take a seat in the United States Senate. He finds a heavy holder and speculator iu Texas scrip, a President of the Bunk of the United States, and a President of the Bank of South Carolina. We infer from all this that hard money is not the test of a man's Democracy in the Palmetto State. It is not the same article they peddle in Ohio. Sons of Temperance. dred Lives Lost! 2 Cincinnati, April 23. The Belle of the West, Captain James, was burned one mile below Warsaw, Ky., at 1 o'clock thismorning- She wus bound from this city for St. Louis, with California emigrants. It is stated confidently that 100 passengers were burned and drowned by jumping overboard! The officers saved their lives by jumping overboard and swimming ashore. The Belle of the West wus owned in this city, and was insured for $8,000. The scene wos the moat awful ever witnessed on the western rivers. EF"Columdus Theatre. The Cincinnati Dispatch Bays it is ull a mistake about the project lor the Theatre in this place being a bund on ed. Messrs. Chapman & Llewellyn huve leased a lot on State street, east of the post office, for a term of years, with the intention of erecting a theatre building in a few weeks "com-menBuruto with the wants of the place." The building is to be rushed up in double quick time so as to open with the Convention. Mr. Bodisco, the Russian Embassador, whom rumor banished to the wilds of Liberia, is still in St. Petersburg, much amused with the stories set afloat in this country about his exile. He will return to this country in the spring. ty Tho New York canals were to be opened on the 22d inst., (yesterduy.) 7" A court martial is sitting at Annapolis, Mary tv . i ... . . l inu aemi-annuai meeiiug oi the Urder ol the Hons ot i.n.i f..- .i, t,ii f r.lont Himinr r..r mli.na Alvr.. Temperance will be held on Tuesday next, the 30th du, iu tho Mexican war. Better take that question instant, at Ueiietonunne, Logan county. lout ol court, ami leave it to the people. Ihis latter The subordinate divisions of this city will be fully tribunal has already tried laylor tor taking Monterey, represented iu thut body. A strong enort will be made "j uwl1 U1 "'"""S to induce the Constitutional Convention to withhold from Uie Legislature the power to grant licenses for lheile of intoxicating liquors. All of the Divisions in thi city have passed resolutions unanimously re-1 HT Snow fell in New Hnmnshire. Anril 12th. to the depth of a foot or fifteen inches, making very good sleighing. Severe. Mrs. Swushelm, of the Pittsburgh Visiter, was in the gallery of the Senate, during the Benton commending proper measures to be taken to accom- and Foote comedy. She says, "there is music here.ond "" uujeci. l to-uay we bad some dancing, li i stay nere mog my bump of veneration will become so enlarged that I Claims upon Government. hall take to worshipping in the cabbage yard, for wnnt Much has been said of Into about claims against of anything more nearly resemblins a Congress of wise Government. The Washington Uniou, and other prints men " of that stamp, accuse the members of the Cabinet uf C" Mr. Benton has written to the U. S. District At onenhiff old elnim. ihnt til lia.n nn..ad ...,i toriiey, requesting him to bring the affair between him- jucted by the former officers in the departments. This, n "' tt",d, Ml F,,ot0'. .befora, .c.riininal court of tbc ;f ,. ... . . ' , , District tor examination aud decision. d true, would be a sorious charge, aud one demand- . , . iug an investigation. But we find in the National In- utL" UT .?OR jS",?0"" !r1J,e h,1?"1 e .PT toiligeucer an article denying iu direct terms, the about $00 taken in cash, horns, &c. The back lloor charge. It avers thut if any such " decision " had ever was split from top to bottom, and an inner door forced boen made by these officers, they had been very care- "pen- Besides tho good money, a small amount of ful to leave uo trace of it ou record. That whatever counterfeit was taken. tuny have been their opinimt about this or that claim, I Union Mutual Life Insurance Compant. We call thoy had done no official act, and left no official record attetioo to the advertisement of Mr. Hoag, agent for by which this appeared in any shape. And of the fa- V?" onW; ' 0,"er colu- . . . V . J 1 I director or thut enmnnnv urn The names of the . 1 -,- inn uiu ijiivB.iuii ui tee, not only fur ability, but ior tair and nnuorauie mterest was in express terms reterved for contideration dealing. Too many instances of the advantages of ncTTuicr. i uuo insurance nave oeou puoiisueu, w uceu rcywu- The following is the article from the Intelligencer I llon' of Anril tHth I ET Two L'entlemen. rival candidates for the Lemi " Tho Union of vesterdav nuts sundry nue.tion. m ,B" ."V 6,1 u'PePPer coumy, virgin.., pun-... i. -...i.r.,1. .i... i. i i I ot lighting a duel in the District ol uuiumma. a un touk tho respoiiiibilitv of teiivinir undecided, and thi decision of which hus devolved upon different depart ments oi uio uovernmeiit under the present Administration. Our owu proper affairs require our attention egruphic despatch was sent to the Mayor at Washington, who had the gentlemeu arrested immediately on their arrival, and tiuunu over to keep tne peace. T3T A mahogany coffin, containing remains of a hu- loo exclusively to allow of our becoming acquainted J nian body, was recently found in Philadelphia, in wiui uiu particulars oi claims or accounts dejtendmg I tearing uuwn an oiu nuiiuiiig. ii was eviuruuj pmbvu in the public offices in which we have no interest nor I where it was intentionally, and great efforts mads to are likely to have any. But we are enabled to state couceal. It must have been there many yean, for the information uf the Union,' that the several y Father Matthew has administered the Temper- claims tiled by that print yesterday, were all left un em.e Meupe , upWirUB cf 8.000 persons. He bat decided by the Inte Administration, so fur as appears wrjtten to Baltimore that he will bo there th middlt ny uie recorua oi uie several departments, the only )(f cxt roony, vehicle through which their successors could bo ad ,.., . it vised of their official acts. What the heads of the se- & The crBW of a Bntlih vewel wre 'rested and vend detriments may have thought of these claims, committed to jail in Baltimore, on Wednesday last, for whether they formed opinion! upon them, and il they attempting mutiny while lying near that city, did, what those opinion were, we have no menus of Ep- The Richland County Democrat it the name of knowing, except iu one cae, namely, the Galphin a new Democratic paper jut started in Mansfield. claim, which was in express terms reterved fur further The Editor sayt ho shull advocate the great principle consideration on the question of interest. uf the party, and not publish lung advertisement of patent medicines. (sleaO.nifS- 17 Dr. Gusstiauini is lecturing at Buffalo, profes sing to demonstrate the quadrature ot the Circle, a CP" Cuban Expedition. There it a movement in CF" Cotton. The Southern States now furnish problemiw Inch ha. hitherto dehed mathematical set- to ilm world ihi lurn.t .u.ninii .,f -nit-.ti P..- ouce. Eminent acieniih.i meu who nave neord aim utneture. In oiher words, the rest of the world is nre "tinned of the truth of his solution. dependent upon them for cotton. This dependence is I t7 A pill machine has been invented in Warren, B-seen most clearly, and with the greatest uneasiness, by 1 1., by which a person can turn out 80,000 pills a day. ureai uriiain. one sees mat una dependence need Thus human ingenuity devises ways ana meant io sup- nt-vcBBaiiij i.uiiiiiiuo, nrr mimic, nn luau, nuu i piy uio luxuries oi uiv. ve UKHU pn.KUK.li. .re Wo native Mil Ihe cot- T( ; , . vhil.deli.hm ii to t. to 0H urn piain, mm mugurerameiil .Km. Iia. imnerto pre. , j , b, kl. of 0illin? rorty.two million of vented iti nriMliielion in nthcmiit niinntitia tn atumlv I . .H ' ..... D , , l . , ' ":. . v t dollars auuua v. nrovuied tne raw material can Da oo- tlii) mollier coiilitrv. I Iim hsiim Urn la nnur rlntrniin. I . ' ' ...i TiL i.; i r - ..... : i i tamed. u iu louiuio. i no um iui m vuihiii Km. (unuicu iu I llii.cramoCi-n,ov. tliat may eH'ect a much for '" "hi'b lrlhw.nt of . bttl.r mm, I...lia a. Whitney', gin fur the Southern Stat.-.. Thi. " C1M ",c Cub" "I1"!"'"". Thu.. it I. ..i.l, tt.ny P . ... I ntmnnm bm wnrLini, ill a if urmv Inu-anll Clin or. Wtlfl wiiiku ruimer uiimiu inticiri-iiueiii no more oouuieru I f . . ' n , f cmtuu would bo eiuortnl, and Southern brae., ud ,m,c u" '"'"" " 'mu" ..V.. Southern in.olo.ice would c.-..e! and Soulhi-rn .lave- ?n! 'n'1 ."8re; ," 00 '","" ry would follow .uit. Iu national, u in iudividn.1 "l thai directum. 1 nere are rumor. ,oa, ..rge cu... mahulie., nature often work, her own cure. l,"f ol '"" " mB Pn,,t ".'""t, CF" Secretary Clayton, in answer to mo nines direc- nvarv),v' knnii.a whra th- aro coina. and last- ted to him, hus decided that the New Grenadian Gov- i( Cuba needs taking badly by some body, and every-eminent have uo right to demand passport from our body guesses that all these movements have that result vni'-ruB tn-nig ma ir-uiiuiia, iiiiich ii buoiiiu murti? m yieWi siiiuuir uuuinim irom ineir own citizens returning irum i T. . . i f, i f .t, ,l a foreign port. Mo will instruct the American Charge , 1 ' . ",,l,u," '""- nDi,uiul"-" r .i'au,.;;. t ii....t- ,.. wn.,.,...tu .1,;- ha;.l tobort ot the hstiermen ol tliat piaco nave mn year .triciion upon tho communication by tliat route be- thom " mony of them depend upon their net! tor tntir twoon our Atiuutic and 1 acme port,. r?" A nuvol ilamlor oiuie wu recently tried in Boi- LT PoTATOt Hoi. Dry ground, found teed, (tood ton. A clergyman wa. indicted for reading . notice cnllivation, with pla.ter and a.ne. in me nun, are .aid Irom the pnli.it that . certain lady wu excummunica- to o .ure preventative, ol tne potato, rot. led, for violation of the oveutu commandment. The jy our friend, of the Chillicolh. Metropoli, aay Court hel.l that under the circumataucei, the conimu- ,i,, ,u. i;,t of court, wm corned from another oaner. ni atiou wu privileged, and tho clergyman win acquit- wjin the Auditor', certilic.te .ttached. To that other led. nnner. then, thev will nltuua charse our account, and ir j lie uadiz name, ai a late meeun. oi uie .iock- siv. 'em Kiwor., holder., uiiaiiimou.ly re.lvl to veept th. term, ot n 0, gchenck hu addreued l letter to tliu luw u.ed at the last ae,,lon ol the Leeialature, .1.- .i.:..i n : i n;..:.. ktk giving to the bank, tho privilege, if they cWe, of . .,. M. ,imi.,i no. to b. .candidal. coining upon tne uii 1.1 u oiner properly." 1 1. f nJ-i-tj , Concre... Th. reuon iiven ii. n move will ..v. to the uun annul ou per year. ( f uwMa. to"bi, oriT,t, bu.ineM and .tfair.. I jr A locomouve on me ousouenaiina runroiui ouni . , , , i t t w x. ... i. l. boiler on the Kith in.t.. 15 mile from Baltimore. .TA. Poll,! for tha not Prof. Webster to killing one ninn. and seriously iniuriiiff another. The Circulating in Dayton. tiiB.ii killed wns thrown 60 feet nerneiidicularlv in the TV Powers' Stnttie of the Greek slave, now exhib- air, passing through the top of a large oak tree. This itiug in Cincinnati, will be offered as one of the trixat is only the lourth explosion oi a locomotive boiler that at the next annual drawing oi me An union. has ever taken place iu Uie United States. Abraham Palmer i now on a trial in Cincinnati 17 A company has been organized for the construe- fur the murder ot Isaac Heudington, m uecemoer iuu tion of another suspension over the INingara, at Lewis-1 to interfere with the mure apparent and active ambi- monopoly. Now Luw nbout FiiKltive Nhivon. We have expressed our opinion ihnt Congress ought not at present to pass( any new law resectiig the recapture of fugitive slaves. Wu think the South should not press it nt this time. Any action upon it now, would look like u triumph of theSouth over the North, and that mutual regard for the interests of tho country that ought to govern all parties, would dictate to thorn to desist, nt least till the present slavery agitation ha had time to cool. In confirmation of our opinion, nnd to show thnt this is mniuly pressed now to embarrass the Administra tion, wo extract the following Imm an aide article in l ho lliehmoud Whig. It will be seeu thai tho South has till within a short timo thought the proncut law ample for their security, and that it wns as near perfect as it could be, tor the purposes contemplated. ' A train, with respect to fugitive slaves t lu IKlfl, Mr. Calhoun, r YYhui member from Kentucky, pmpif ..! now hill mi the Sllbiect. It Was voted down by n Democratic House; and wo never heard a word on tho ftiihb-et from the 'fmiiid eiinnliaiis of the M.,.nti ni.iil riet.eml Tnvlor wasclcrlcd. Tin li nil of sudden they became prmiigiiiusly Manned ! The subject had been before tho Legislature of Virginia in 'lH.ll-'' mid General Bayly that mighty hero re ported that the law of 'f;i was as nearly perfect ns it could be, and that no farther legislation hyCngre wns necessary ! Hut thi worthy and all his associate snw new liuhts, just n oon n ii 8outlieril iVhig President was elecbtl! Then, noihiiijr couhl save the South bid the iiiBluul eiia. tmeiit of more rigorous laws tor ihe roenpturo of fm;iiivo slaves. Il i very true thai under the t'olislitul we nro entitled lo tho whole power ol the f eiierni i t-riiiii.-. ...... . .b in thi particular. Bui these neidleiuen could not. or would not, see any neces-ity for new pntvisnms. niilil Old Znek win elccled ! Then they raved ! W as it fnc lion or patriotism Unit Influenced 'l-ir conduct t fV Tlie country of Peni, which became banknipl on lis gold miuoa, and had not paid tho interest on her national debt for '-111 yr, i becoming rich by sidling Kunnii. Tho tale of this article is made a goxorumout rv tIia riniiim tmdrt In China i carried on to a treat extent, under the increased facilities afforded by the British treaty. More than 50,000 rhMts are now nunlly shipped to that country, taking oti in return thirty-five millions of dollar. tV The rafts of pine lumber and shinglet from the Allegheny, which arrived at Cincinnati lately, reached more than three miles in extent. ry Eoas it the Poonh There it ft difference of i expected to be in operation by the first of nearly one half in weight, between duien of dintreni lots Ul eggs, as ouereu iu mnmoi. ty The National Medical Convention will com ton, ami the work has been commenced. The bridge is to bo 70 feet above water, and 1,040 feet span be tween the stone tower. W Tho Pennsylvania Legislature have granted to the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company the tower to run their road through that portion of the State necessary to reach Pittsburgh. Thi gives new impulse to tho enterprise, and the work will be pushed with all speed. Seventy miles from Cleveland south, i exp next Novomber. VSy k for nntn for B 1.9.00 wns mrintlv discount. ed of the Branch Bank in Stetibenville, and tho forgo- meuce its session in Cincinnati on Thursday, May 7th. ry becoming known, the telegraph was used, and the swindler immediately arrested in Pittsburgh, and the money outaiued. Cy Geo. W. Rendott, of the New Orleans Picayune. u.rii,tirr -i ustorv oi uie mexicnn wnr. wium, it nid, will be the handsomest American book ever pub ry The biiildins in which Calhoun died at Wash- lished. The plates are eugraved at Pari. "ton. wa formerly used at tho Catiitnl durins the . i.:... r..,.nFV t.k fir nn ihn lQth inL. rebuilding f that edifice, otter ita destruction by the . 1 i 0f tho hands, tome of whom have since died fpr A reward oi f .iwj it ottered ior the recovery oi Mr. Kdwanl Moore, who leit the Astor House, in New ty Clear as ncn. " Transcendentaliim is the spb , rkci.y,,h.a,h in.,, and hu no, been heard from ' " , on H b nJiuL V A Boston merchant is reported to have told eight thousand casks of pens, for the purpose of being burnt auu groiiuu wiin couee, i nu uecniie ut coneo m unua- ing, it is said, a corresponding dec hue in pens, ry Lebanon, in Warren oo., ha put iu a claim for n share in the earthquake that recently "prevailed" in Louisville, and the port then-to ailincent. Such spiritual, and etheroalixed contention of subultury oun iiection." ry Dr. James H. Smith of Saco, Me,, hat been ar rested ou suspicion of having caused the death of the woman lately louuu in a water course ur mat pi-tv. fiTlie Chinese ladv who lately arrived at New York, is exhibiting herself and suite at the Chinese ma ty The Hutrhinon family are drawing full houses n New York and Albany by their lavurlte tongs, rv a wniiiiu lndv has been seriously and permanent ly injured, it i feared, by taking chloroform try The number of Divisions ol the Bout oi iem- n: .! V .1 ...,l tr,,n 1R fen II. perniit'O in t-.meiunit.li, imvo uwr- , .u .-.i,.m.n. .,u l,n ...,ra..-r in iU. ,i where the eum ill that place. Legislature never meet. ry The western and southern trsue in i minueipnia l-V A nieco of whito cedar, eishlceti inches long, has been unusually largo am tne im rcna m. i . o - nud three or four feet iu diameter, was found iu a deep comforting themselves i-u " )- ' cut mi thu Dayton nnd Springfield railroad route, 4ft ing uie iruuo awny irum teot below the surince. ry How many years will It be beforo the Sand wich Islands are anuoxed bt tho United States ! Wdrt- ford Conrant. Cnu't tell, sir. ry A man mimed 8. Molhortnaw. a ttaire driver, .i ii i- ui i: wu .mnoeii ny in. wm , in .....-....., ... "'""V Uiv. the We.leru fountain. Ill.l. uau.0, enuiu.y. llio woiodo on. iim-u - , .t.i ,1,1 'v . k ... i ... i...t tl, v.,1 ,litv of the manorial till auu tne man i. not oapor.ou ,o rou.,.nr. I .V.pi..;. inor, ,o Hud.on. Th. iTTTlio noinber of .ubortliilnte Divi.ion. of the Son. 111 pnro ... . , ,,, ,.a ,. l,, i, n 1 ellllteraui'e til new lora i ihm i v.m.- , . . , ., wl decldfl llio wnol.. ... ... ...... .i.. I. . tin.ioureo a .w 1 ten sniuteil tlorins tlie In.t otiartpr, ra. ino omrr n that Slate la vei-y pro.perou, and pro.peeia natier. inn. " . . .... i l"y Uaoaiii.i. The iironneloi. ol tue aevoral hotel, in Albnuy and Tmy have .igned an .gri'ement go onlv trom ?l,oo io f u.oo n ua; week of tho Stale Fair, next September. fir A State 1-eace Convoutiun it to be held in thi. illy, May IHlh. ry Room, in the Irvino Hoiue.N. V. Cllv, llaveal ready been uugngotl for Jenny bind and her auite. i. oon.nlured n tc.t un - ra-l. n. r.onah, the celuhrated Temperance lo Hirer i, a. popular u ever in New Y or. mat., rriin. !!, trreemoli.l.. he ha. obtained 15,000 ..gu.r. lo lb. ledg.. I-yTho Clni.lian l'arlor Magaiin. for April, hu I...... m eived at Hit. o tU'i'. enioeiii.ocu engraving., .nd filled wiih intere.ling tn.tier. ITT The anti rent riot reported to no-dou. The Kuiklei .re no, ooncemcd in ,h. m.tt.r u l rWinnatiwill OO.ltWtlT nr A ldoek .if liom.toiio for the Wa.hlnston tnonu. . : " . -. ,in.,i 1 1. nm WBH 111 ni.f ear rm. , . , . . ineiit i. tn bo taken from Hraddm-k'. Held, nea burg. It wu ou llu. field that Wuliiugton fir.1 diiuu. gui.Ued biin.rlf. tr Th. " Monk of U Tr.p ' la .dvcrtl.ed to 1

VOLUME XL. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1850. NUMBER 35. I'UIH.laHEU EVF.KY TUKSDAY MOUNINO, II V HIOTT Jfc UAMflOM. OFFICKSOUTH AST COltNKB Of HIGH ST. AND IUOAJI ALLKV. TKU.HH Invnrinbly In advance WeekSy jjisr nniium In Coliimlms '-! 00 Out i)l llio city ; liy rnnil, inglo J 50 Toe ubs of tour iiml upwards 1 -j Toi ubi of tuu mid uwnrdi, to oiio address 1 00 Daily, r.ssi.m 00 Tri-YVoekly, ilu 1 00 Weekly do., aiinjle 50 To clubs of (ivo and upward ; 0 The Joiinml If b1o puliUMicd Unily snd Tri-Weekly during the yew ; Daily per tumuin, by uiutl, $5 ; Tri-Weckly, $3. Kate of A dvertUhm Weekly Paper. One squsro, 10 linns or If, mm iunrrtioii " OHctiHililftiuiml " " 1 month ' S " 3 " .U 50 ,. 0 125 ,. 1 95 13 3 0(1 " changeable monthly, per wmum... . ii weekly " " .... StsndiiiK cord, one square or Ims, " .... column, c)ioiigLalil iiinrU;rly," " .... " " " " " SO 00 WOO 8 (HI ST IM) fiO (H) ....100 00 Othorcufli not provided for, cliargsaule In conformity will) llio bovo rates. All Wdcd anVrtisiMnmits to bo charged not less than double Uie bovo rotes, ami nieaiumi a if solid. A.ivertinemi-iits on the Inddo exclusively, to bn charged at the rate of 50 pur cent, in advance on the above rates. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL , 1850. I 'll bit. The Tribune lms u lengthy review of a new book. " Cuba ami tlie Cubans," wbicb possesses much interest. The book gives n detailed and full account of the history, condition, &c., of the Island, and in the prog' eut itateot the public mind , will moot with u rapid tale. The question of annexation to the Unitud State is discussed and its probability pointed out. It will be opposed by tho officials and the men who are interested iu plundering tho Inland of the revenue now collected I litre. Hut the mass of the people appear to be ready for a change. The Spanish papers both there and at Madrid assert that resistance to tho bitter end will follow, and, if other meaui fail, the slave population will bo freed ami armed, and turned against the invader. When the hour of convulsion comes wo shall " witness many tragedies. It will not settle down into a calm, quiet state, inaduy. Tho book is published by rutiuini, Now York. ContTC3NIcl!iy in TrniiNiictiiitf Public ltii.hirs--Wlio is HcspoiiNihlcl It is now about live months since Congress assembled. In both Houses the Locofoco party have a practical majority. In tho Senuto it is overpowering and decisive. In tho House it has proved avaUnliio for party purposes. That party now hold tho Speaker, Clerk, and every ollicer that has been elected at the present session. Tho inquiry is very genera) among tho public : what is Congress doing T We can only aimwur that, except talk about tho slavery question, it hu dune nothing, Absolutely nothing. Not that thereis nothing before them that calls for action, but because they see fit to fritter away their tiuio in the most foolish and profitless talk. Kor months California has been knocking at the door, ami uskiug admission into the Union as one of this great brotherhood uf States. The President, with that prompt mid patriotic feeling that has ever characterized all the acts of his life, upon tho reception of tho constitution of California, immediately transmitted it to Congress, und urged immediate action thereon. He has done ull that he can do to consummate the reception of that Statu. He has given Aw viewsof the duty of Congress when that subject was forced upon him, and he was bound to speak. His plan is simple und effectual. In tho present position of utfuir, it is the only one that can prevail. It is conceived in the highust practical wisdom, nod with a profound knowledge of the position of ntmir, and the stnte of feeling nt tho North and the South. Tho different Departments of government have promptly made their reports, and they have long since been submitted to Congress. The wants of the country, of the Army and Navy, and the civil list have been presented in detail. In short, every thing has long since been done hy tho executive, that the constitution, the lows, and the uniform practice of the gov ernment required to bo done on their part. And yet the Legislative branch, with all this desired information before them, with the means to know what is required for the public service fully ox plained, bus, since the first Monday of December, and up to tho present writing, passed no mensure of public interest, and bus hardly acted at all upon any of them. Private claims, private interests, that class of legislation which is often laborious and difficult, have fared no better at their hands. The fact being admitted that there has been great delay, unjustifiable delay, the question returns, who is responsible for it? What party shall we look to as the delinquent r We affirm most unequivocally that this obloquy must bo borne by tho Democracy. To our mind there is nu esc a from it. Let us briefly refer to some of the reasons in support of this opinion. Tho business' of Congress is prepared, digested and presented by the several committees of each House, The annual message of llio President is referred to those committees; all special matters presented are referred to the proper sources. Resolutions, petitions, See, are also referred. These committees digest and report bills for tho action of their several bodies. It has become a regular and well known practice that all bills and subjects for action must come from these committees. Now, it is a mutter of notoriety that both in the Sen ate and House of Representatives the committees are Democratic, and each of them have Democratic chairmen. In the Senate, which is strongly of that party, the committees are elretnl by tho Senators. To our recollection, not n single committee of that body certainly not a single important committee, has a Whig chairman, or a Whig majority. Iu flic House of Rep resentatives tho committees are appointed by the Speaker. Mr. Cobb, being n full bloodoil Democrat has been very careful, as in duty bound , to make none other than Democratic committees m the House, Tho whole business of preparing and presenting business, is, then, in the hands nt tho Drimicrn -y. Thoy have taken this labor and ri'Miiiihility upon themselves. They have a majority in both Houses ul Congress, and can at nny time curry through nuil carry out any men sure that nny of their committees inny propose. It the President sees lit to recommend any measures, it is referred to the proper committee. That committee may report favorably or unfavorably. And that report may and probably will be adopted by Con gress, because it is the majority report ins; and recom mending action of a particular kind lo the majority Willi the majority iu both Houses, and with the com mand of the committees in each branch, then' appears no good reason why business should lie unusually and unnecessarily dclnycd ; and it is also equally evident that the majority must be held respoiiniblo for watc of time, for waste of menus, for the delay in tho trans action of public business. Wa shall continue this subject hereafter. All extrusive Job propoMHl, The Statesman has at last opened its eyes to its tnie position. Tho editor appears just to hnvu found out that he Is correctly understood anil duly appreciated by his owu parly friends through the State. Thoy are meeting together in County Conventions, and am ! nounciiig him as utterly unworthy of the confidence of honest Democrats. And we have finally succeeded in "opening the cyet" of tho editor to this plain fact, He, of course, is not pleased with the prospect of the future. He looks upon this rebellion in bis owu ranks us something to be crushed st once. The ex-Chairman of the ' Committee of Public Safety," w ho took this great State safely through the trrmemlout crisis so truth' fully portrayed by tho loth of May Convention, and who, at thu end of tho crisis resigned hit resignation to the hamlt that gave it, is not to bo treated iu this manner by the very men whom he saved from the tomahawk and scalping knives of the Whigs. And thereupon he issues his Ukase, and in very decided tones tell these halting, doubtiug Democrats that if they don't stay thuir doubts and grumbling ; if they don't believe he is a per secuted politicul saint, why, he will skin every mother's sou of them. He has had some experience in skinning eoous, and ho rather thinks ho can learn to skin chick ens. Hear him; - "It Is not pleasant fur us to open a warfare upon our democratic friends in the Legislature, for one, two or a hall a douu erroneous votes ; wo peeler to be con-sidered forbearing ratbor than dictatorial, but if it is de cided by publ c lueciinu or otherwise, that we are io no ii, wny we snail pnnrm ino sKiuuiug m uie mosi approved style wo slmll. and no mistake. We have been skinning owns so long that wo think wo could take tho skiu oil' a rooster whose feather stand the wrung way I We hope both parties may enjoy the npet-atiuu hugely l Pleasant prospect ahead I Correspondence of the Ohio State Journal.) The Ncimte Fight The New Clerk The Cabinet. Washington, April 17, 18.10. There have been great doing here to-day. The Sun-1 ale has been the theatre ot a precious scene of bena- atorial folly and violence. The country has been dis graced and her honor degraded in the eyes of the whole civilized world. You have already had the dotal' by telegraph no doubt full, complete, and life-like. Thoy are too sickening for repetition. It may be a matter of amusement to some to talk over the affair, and to think of it a becoming betweeu two honorable Sena ators; but where is thu American who bus been ac customed to look upon his country with pride, that does Dot hang his head fur shame-? How will it sound to the ears of foreign monarch T With what zest! will the Court Journals of England, Austria, Russia and other countries Bwallow and digest the story! It will be to them a God-send a marvellous event, and full of interest. But of what consequence is it to the American nation at large that a private, personal quar rel has occurred betweeu Henry S. Foote and Thomas Hart Benton T Is it so that the country must be made to boar the reproach of that petty difference that the , Senate Chamber, which, of all other places, should be one of sacred dignity and truth, must be made tho theatre ot ruffian assaults? Have llio parties a plethora of courage and prowess 1 lot them fight it out in the woods (of which there are plenty about Washington,) out of sight of human hubitutious and of civilized life. And let them keep tho details to them selves. It is time tho public voice ami voto should correct this shameless abuse of trust and Honor, or in few years perhaps a few months blood will fol-1 luw the " Honorobit " assassin's, knife and pistol wher ever his malice may prompt him to carry it. A few mouths ago, a poor, weuk, despised man wont into the Senate chamber, and dropped some remarks about a Senator, which showed his reason was impair- He was at once arrested at the instigation of a uliant member of that body, by the strong right arm f a police guard, and thrown into prison. Ho re mained therefor some weeks; no evidence could be trumped up against him, and he was discharged. It is brave thing to crush the wenx, and when once down put tin; iron hcul upon their defenceless necks. But I lore wo havo un instance not of a wouk, (though purhapsduspisudiinprolected man butofone whose ' nation is great, and whose accountability should be much the greater iu proportion; he draws a mur. I urous weapon upon his fellow Senator on the floor of thu American Senate, and his antagonist rushes at him ! ith all the fury of a raving bull ! Now, if the weak and deranged deserve such judgment for their misconduct, how ought not those to sutler who not only peril oat h others lives, but disgrace tho whole American na- lon by their action? Thu sober and the virtuous of alt laities must look to it speedily; for if such men are sent with the honor and the destiny of millions iu their hands, the American name will soon become a reproach, and a stench in the nostrils of all mankind. The election of Mr. Young, late Commissioner of tho oneral Lund Office, as Clerk of the House of Itepre- utatives, was anticipated, and has not given auy great isappointmcnt. Aside from his Locofocoism, Mr. oung is esteemed a clever man ; and he has sufficient ability for the requirements of the office The severe comments of several leading Whig jour nals in New York and elsewhere, Uhiii the Cabinet, and particularly upon Messrs. Johnson, Crawford, and Meredith, have failed altogether of any good etlect. As to the Galphin ctuim, it is in the hands of a search- g committee, appointed at the instigation of Mr. raw ford himself, with full powers conferred by a Whig resolution; and it surely ought to be sufficient to satisfy all parties till their report is made public. Af ter that, comment might perhaps be in order. As for Mr. Meredith, who has received a share of abuse, whut- ovor may bo said of him as a politician, it can not be i.'ined thai iu all his private or official transaction he above suspicion and beyond reproach. His charac r for strict integrity, no one who knows his history would venture to assail. CIVIS. Correipondrnce ol the Ohio State Journal. Election In the New County of Vinton. McArthurstown, April ICth, I860. Mk. Uascom: Believing that some items in relation to the election of officers for the now county of Vinton, which came off y est en lay, in conformity to the t of the Legislature croatiug tho same, I avail myself f the earliest opportunity to give them to you. The ild party lines were not regarded in making up either of tho opposing tickets. The parties may be known by the names of ' Town and Country parties," though he names do not indicate the character of either of the parties. The candidates on both sides were from the country, with two or three exceptions. The contest was pretty warm, and the result such that neither par ly could claim a victory. The officers elected are all oin the country, ull excellent men, and well qualified to discharge the duties of their respective offices. All parties are well satisfied with the result. The following are the names ot the persons elected Almond Soul, Jr., (D.) L. 8. Paine, (W.) and Andrew Curry, (W.) commissioners; Henry Payne, (W.)Treas- iror, Joseph McGee, (D.) Auditor; traucisSuade,(D.) Sheriff; Jamos Maloan, (D.) Recorder! William M Bolls, (W.) County Surveyor; John A. Brown, (W.) rosecuting Attoruoy, and A. L. Beard, (W.) Coroner. The imliiical complexion of the county is thouiduto ie sliizhtly Democratic, but we have a kott of Whigs, good and tine, real woraors. J XV Tho Providence Post makes tho Galphin busi-a tho text for a bitter tirade against the Adminis- ration und the Whig party, and in the course of it "y-A ' Well, UIO mailer oils ni'mi iminmi w cmniNiueu ho House, nud it is understood that the atliiir is to whitewashed. ' Uiuteritood," is it? How " understood t" The House is decidedly opposition! so is the committee. as is the Speaker who appointed it. Why, then, is the iitiVtir to bo whitewashed r fiouilcmeiiof the opposition ! you cannot ride both siilesof this sapling I Either the Galphin payment is rij;htor wrung either Gov. Crawford is blameless in the promises or deserving of severe reprehension iuih.tr the rep roam, n just, is counuea io nun or ouui to exond further. The whole case t now m your hiiiuls, and if it is " whitewashed," yours will lie the blame and the discredit ! The W big party, the Pres ident, the Cabinet, iusist that there be no whitewash- ig, but an honest ami tearless exHsition. Do your tiiv to the country, and then ulamu me rreanieut and the Whigs it tney tan io uo uieirs : n. i. mount. sn they refused to fall iu and support Mr. Clay' who held up as a better friend of" free Territory" than Very well sir 1 Wlutt of lit " In when Mr. Clay ran as the whig candidate for the Presidency, against Mr. Polk, the whig sturdier hereabouts were indiiMiaut at a few abolitionists, be- cam WIU the nholitiouists theinselvos. But what followed? Mr. Polk was elected in the face ot the whig cry of " pro aliivervites" and under hi ad mi nitration a territorial law was passed for Oregon, which included the Wilmot Provis , signed by Mr. Polk and became a law. titatet- Ye ir ! Ami the whole of Texas with slavery was annexed without any proviso, except that when more slave States were necessary thoy might bo made out ot Texu. Not only that, but a largo portion of Mexico was nmioxcd, nbout which all the present difficulty no- curs. A few more votes for Mr, Clai in 1814 would havo prevonted Texas from coming hi when she did and on tho terms she did t they would havo prevonted tho war and ull the present controversy, which Gt! Cass says makes ey thing look so gWnny for tin on u try. Now that Tr. Clay and otlier prominent wing stop forward to save the country they aro ridiculed and traduced for it. Tho democrats can get the country in to difficulty fast enough, but they stand back ami leav the task of getting it out to w lugs. It is in their vie a very ridiculous operation. It don't pay. A man who attempt to settle a uiuicuuy may un wrong, ai an euts he will displease our parly or the other ami per. haii lioth. Perhaps it is very iininl nolle and looliil to attempt to settle Uiliicuities at an. W.mni mn Ckmktkrt. We are pleased to see that th work of improving and ornamenting the Woodland C i,.tnrv L'niutidrt. is steadily thouiih slowly progressm. Kroin preseut indications this will be one of thnmot handsome burial places in tho country. It i already the irt of mnuy strangers wno visit towu, wen as m those who hove relations and mends interred there, and ifonrcitiieiis generally. A visit lomiy 01 uinoni uuryui, uroiiiids tliefcnce around someoi wnicii are down, n monuments mutilated and defaced, and the npraraiice iiftolalubuiidonnienteharacteriieevery tliiiigcoiiiiected will. il,.ni will convince every one of the policy .n.lit.tf the Association in its work, and cause regret til it was not called HUO existence soonur. .imiu i IT An Indian complained to a rumseller that the price of liquor was too high. Tho latter, in justifica tion, said that it cost as much to keep t Hogshead I..,. Iv lii ktt a row The Iudiau replied, " May be ha drinks as much water, but n no et so mucn nay. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 18.10. Whig (jiiiberiiutoriiil Convention Are the White reudy for action f On the (5th of May, two weeks from yesterday, the Whig State Convention will assemble in thiB city to nominate a candidate for Governor. In many counties we have noticed that delegates have beeu appointed, und arrangements are fully made. Is this tho case iu 11 the counties of the State T Wo hope so, but we fear not. On the 9th of March the Central Committee publish ed in the Journal an apjiortiontiieut of delegates to the several counties. It was formed on the basis of one delegate to evory 500 Whig votes at tho Governor's lection in 1848; and one additional lor every irucuou over 250. We hope that, if tho Whigs of any county have neg lected to appoint, thoy will at onco attend toil, us there uo tiuio to be lost. We wish to sue every county fully represented, and a fair ami deliberate expression opinion. It will be remembered that our Convention assem bles on the same duy that tho Coustitutiuiial Convention meets. As many persons in different parts of the State may desire to see that body in session, the attendance at the Whig Convention will give them this opportunity. Whigaoi OhioI ARE YOU REALIx 7 V3T We publish to-day an ably written communica tion in explanation and defoiico of Mr, Webster. We hope it will be carefully read. We confess the first reuding of Mr. Webster's speech, reported for the popers did not please us. Wo could not see objections to it that some saw, but we did not like some of his propositions. We could seo no neces. ity of talking about the free blacks of Virgiuiu, or of appropriating million of dollars to send them to Ain- If there aro any good reasons tor that idea, we have yet to read them. We grant to Webster great ubility. Wo grant to hun great polilicnl sagacity. But wo think we have seen here the greatest and best men have somotimes been mistaken. Time may perhaps show Webster right in 1 nil thu positions ot thut spoech. As tit present advised I cannot think so ot all. We did not regard Mr. Webster as having abandoned the Proviso, and we so expressed ourselves at the time. His explicit declaration that he took back no idea he , or uttered on that subject, was couclusiv'e to our mind upon that point. The only question was, shall wo mint upon it m a case where its application will make no difference T So presented itscll to his mind, and with this idea his action was right. But read and ponder the article. j hose WiUiuiiitt County Kesolulioiis IHedury rWiiM to publish Hu-iii Democrat of the Northwest treutcd with contempt Head I We have waited nearly a week for our utiterrilied ml bank-haling neighbor to publish the proceedings the Democratic meeting in Williams county. Ihey uro published in tho Defiance Democrat, with a request that they be published in thu Statesman. We had faint hopes that tho editor of that paper would " face the music, ami give his friends a hearing through his lumus. But we have waited in vain. Lvery kueo must bow to him, or keep at a respectful distance from his office. It is a favorable omen, however, when Democrats have the independence in expose and denounce him as thoy did ut this meeting. Ho can see by this and by hundreds of other signs that his race is nin, his power has departed. Read tho following res- lutiousoiid see what honest men tluukol tuoir leader: Krom thu Defiance Democrat Democratic Meeting. Pursuant to notice a Democratic meeting was held at the Court House in Bryan, Williams county, ou the eninuof the 9th day of April, nist. being they'd ay of the term of the Court of Common Plea for he purpose of hearing tho defence of Geu. S. S. Sprague against the charges of the thirty-live Demo cratic members or tue unio LegiBiuiure,auu m viiun-uution of his course as thu Representative ol Northwestern Ohio. Ou motion of William McKcaii, Esq., JOHN A. Ml- MON was called to thu chair, und Milton U.I'lummkr was appointed Secretary. ueti. cipruguo was luuiliy caueu tor auu uhik uio land. After ho had concluded his address the follow- iif resolutions wore otlercd Ity Albert Otxlycko, hsn., which, on motion, were unanimously agreed to : Whereas, the legislature ot this Mtuie has just clo sed a session of moro than ordinary interest, inasmuch subiecls of much importance have boon acted upon ; ,1 whereas wo have now an opportunity of ineotinc lie Hep resell tat ivo from tin district, and of hearing mm hi own mouth an account of hi stowartUhip ; and whereas his constituency um tho only body to whom hu is responsible for his conduct as representative, it is proper for u to express fully and explicitly our approbation or disapprobation ut the legislative course of our representative; Therefore, KCtOtvea, IIIOl Ul lieu, money o. onninn nc uenmu fearless advocate ol the principle ol Democracy, bo. uninfluenced bv the trammels of a corrupt tin pan, has faithfully and fearlessly stood by the interest ol the people, agaiust the corrupt auu corrupting iiuiiieucu 01 rotten bunk monopolist uuu wieir open ami secret lends. Retolved. That Gen. H. S. Sprague lias exhibited, iu his legislative course during the mst winter, that m- lepeiuteuce and moral limine which, mnuiimiiueiy, ho of lato become quite too rare a quality iu our leg-inlatora: and that ho ha faithfully represent! d hi con stituent iu his advocacy of the principle of giving thu printing to tho lowest responsible bidder; in denouncing a tin pan which could hold well together when a little uitrotinge was to be given Ut a favorite partisan pet; but whi:h either assumed to the renewal of u cor- pt bank charter, ut ntu iiiuor ui ym rowm r w in nieces at tho approach ; and iu his luithful and tlicieut advocacy of the various local interests which II so beneficially ettoct tho interest ot ihispiirtoi the Stain. kaolvcd. That Samuel Medary, Editor of the Ohio Statesman, iu his incomprehensible and as yet Uliox- nluitiHi silence, w hen ilanuer tin caieneil tne prevalence of Democratic principles, by llio renewal ol the charter of the Clinton Bank of Columbus, is inconsisU'iit ith the character ol a true Dcmitcrat, incousisieut ith his former urofcssmtis, ho shaken to its founda tion tho confidence which the Democracy have heretofore placed in him, and unfitted him to stand upon the watch-tower of the citadel of Democracy. Remtltvl, Thai his wholesale aim uumeaumg no use f ..nr Kenresentative diirimt tho past winter, i a di rect insult to hi constituency, and is an additional ev- iluiice that he possesw none ot those traits oi ciinrac- ter which diitmgiiisii the gentleman irom uie wugur U was niovou ami carrion " m.mniiin i this meeting be signal by its ollicer, and puiiiism"! in all the Democratic paper in this Representative dis trict and in the Ohm Htatesman. J, A. Bl.MU.-N, Vhairman. M. B. Plummkr, Secretary. For tho Ohio 8UUJ Journal Mr. Webster's Speech nnd hit position A speech from Mr. Wkbbter is always a thing to be studied, in more respects than one. A new statue hy Powers or Thohiwaldxn is scarcely produce J with ffreater care, or a more minute attculiouui the rules ol art. Mr. Wxmtir unquestionably partnkos of the general opinion that hi anasi-hea will live long after he shall have departed; that osnlo irom ino merits orue- merits of the views he advocates, thoy will be stmlie for generations, as high examples and models ol their kind. This would naturally have iu effect iihiii the speeches tliemselvefl. But a mall portion ul hi au- tlieiice is in this country, or now on tueuartn. in con- suiting the opinions of his audience ho consults more than tho present 1 bo tecs thronging around nun schol ars, philosophers and patriots of future generations. This may load to great errors, ami ha a tendency to lead to groat virtues. Very tow ol his Bteeciios ore speei lies from impulse. Few of hu sjwechefl hav met with a reception as enthusiastic as mat wnicii in freuuoiitly been giveu to siwot bos from others that were generally forgotten or condemned the year after delivery. Yet no man of this country ha pnduetMl succession of Bweches to which any cousideruhle num ber of intelligent judges award a degree ol excellent at all to bo compared with hi. No man's Bjteoi Iiob are so much recited in our public schools. No man spoeches aro now so generally studied and admired li clmUn. They possess an element uf popularity ei tirely distinct from and above the ephemeral opinion of the day. I havo watched In career mr iwen years, and scarcely a year ha passed, during which he did not omit to make a speech when many suppose he ought to make one, or did not make a spoech uf kind which many said he ought nut to have mad Nor has scarcely year passed during which ho d not make at least ono speech acknowledged to be masterpiece of its kind. As a politician he has almost always been in mi' noriiy. Ho ho always boon associated with men ureat abilitv. His talents have been such as to un cate his 11 toes for the Presidency ; and there has ways been some avidity to record any thing in hit speeches not quite approved at the time, as evidence of a design to improve his chances for that high office. 1 have no doubt Mr. Wkusteii would like to bo President, and that ho would be willing to do what he might think proper, to accomplish that object. Ho would be more or less than human if he would not. But that ho would sacrifice, iu any large degree, his reputation as an orator, u Senator, or as a man, to ut-Uiin it, I do not believe. I see no evidence that he has boen at ull deceived as to his prospects, or that hu regarded Ilium us more favorublo than others did. Hut lie ho shuwn no disposition to abandon his post in tho minority, und Buek alliances with more powerful com-biliaiious. On such occasions us have offered themselves to turn llio scales and bring forward a majority to support his side uf the great questions of the duy, his energies havu been absolutely transcendent and herculean. It has happened that in most in nuances these o Hurts have beeu put forth for tho benefit of others, rather than himself. Other have been put forward to positions considered by him und Ids friends undue to himself. Hu has, and they have, unquestionably felt a sense of injustice, mid chiigriu, such as uuy mull would feel such iih it is no discredit to any inu'i to feel. But 1 know of no man 1 recollect uo mail, either iu the Whig party or any other, iu this country or any other, whoso own claims have been so little attended to, who has habitually, on such occasions, come forward more magnanimously mid earnestly, to help others, than ho has. There is no evidence that his public life has beca greedy, or treacherous, Ou the contrary ho has been in most tilings person d to himself a man of forbearance. It has nut un frequently huppeued, when his party has beeu overborne und beutuu, discourtigi'd and broken, so that scurccly uuy hope was left in it, that Mr. Wkdstkk has spoken thu word that gave it new lift -that he hus given tho signal which rallied U to new animation. I believe that Mr. WtB.iTKit ki.ivj. i well im any on,t can tell him. that his use,! unless hero und tamo hereafter depend mainly upon his character us a lawyer, a Seuutur, it diplomatist mid an umtor, und not upon any uew position that ho may gain; consequently, that his speeches and State papers will he the menus through which he is to bo judged tho tests by which he is to stand or liill. What the statues of Thorswai. pen mid Power ure to them, Mr. WEiisTKR'sspeechesaieiohim. Hook lor lahiimity. 1 look ir tliougiits not altogether obvious. 1 look for something besides thu mere rccmiit-! illation of the provailiim notions of tho times. But I do hot look tor that which will excite an immediate and spontaneous clamor of approval. Neither do I look for sycophancy, or for thu betrayal of trusts. I look for ambition and pride; not ambition for plncu nor the pride of u menu heart, but for pride of public service and the glorious ambition of u great intellect to erect another monument io itsell und to tho country.Mr. Wkbstku' production buvo always been char acterized by a curtain completeness of finish never surpassed and seldom approached. The thoughts uro assorted and presented iu a clioseu ord'T, und the language is selected with wonderful skill to present exactly the idea and uo other. His earlier speed ion had more of the controversial character than those uf lute yours, They exhibit breudth and scope witli vehoinen- cy oi logic, uviucilig ueiei imnuiioii to uphold ins own views and overcome opposition. For a number of years back, except when under provocation, his speeches have been of u milder stump. The object seems to have beeu to present his own opinions in lliu heat manner, and so as lint to provoke controversy. Ho nut unfreqiieiitly declines to reply to auimudver-sinus. Hu makes his speech and leuves it to work its wuy. Ho delivers over his now statue to ihe public gaze, und whatever may bo said of it, he seldom touches it again or attempts to reverse the public judgment upon it. In proportion us his speeches havu assumed Uio churactoiisiic hut mentioned they have also become more wonderful forcomleusntioiiuud felicity of expression. No man over attempted a moro hopelc task than it would be to condense the matter of one ol Mr. Wkiister'i speeches into n nurrower compats. And the task would be scarcely less difficult to convey precisely his meaning m any other lunguiige than hi own. Thus it happ'-us, that, while his laiiguue is extremely clear and explicit, ho is seldom correctly understood except by tlmsa who read hi own lau-guuge. If you wish to get his meaniii'', depend upon it, you can do so from no letter writer, nor editor, nor speaker, with nny certainty, lour only sate resort i lo tho speech itself. You cannot " comleio" n " abstract " the sentiments ot nil akspkark, us ex press ed in Hamlet or tiichunl HI, liorol .Milton's Paradise Lost. The least ellbi l to do so would be u caricature. Let mo now say a few words about Mr. Wmmtkh's recent speech on tho slavery question. I do not say I was what it should tmvc been, it is one ol tlio-u hings which a modest man may lie permitted to dis- ilss with Uitlnleiice; nnd il not precisely what lie would have desired, he might still be excused from a very hasty and u very violent condemnation, a It ireieiui to say now is. Unit it is not what it is cuticu many ouarUxs. I nete has been, it seems to me good deal ol mistake ami still more misrepresentation to what tho speech really l. J-.very body is rilit the belief thai it is uil a Northern, section d speech. Ho did not i house totx ld tho khiiio relation to the North which Mr. Callmou did to the South. He pro fessed to make n national spoech. Nor do I see that ideuee ol his "going over to the Pout 1 1, which many protend to see. 1 hu luudaiiieiitul idea ot the speech is, that slavery cannot go to tho new territories, mid consequently uiai u is not worm wnue io quarrel uooui a iiiuif; Inch can never happen. But the speech was madi ujtou ir. Clay s resolutions, nnd he seemed to think it lit opHrtuuity to explain Ins views in regard to the hole controversy. 1 do not choose lo un over tnc ground. 1 do not choose even to advocate the correct 'ss ol tho speech. But I choose simplv to say that great deal of that which i said about it is without good ground lores! upon. It is suid Unit tie gave a history ot slavery, mid no- 'od the tact that the world was lull ot it during the ime of ourSAVloit, nnd that ho did not specifically de nounce it, trout tins it has hot u inferred that .Mr. WtBsTHi intended to bring forth an arguui'Uit in fa ir ol slavery. Certainly hu drew no such iniereiici The fact is not one which anybody dispute. But Mr, Wkiistkr did go on to say, and did say, alter show- un- that furl, that Tho ohiect ol the instruction imparted to maiiKimt by thu founder of Christianity, was to touch tin heart, purify the soul, and imiirove Ihe lives of individual That ohiect went dueetlv to the lirt louiuimi ( all polilical and nit social relations of the human race, as well as till true religious feeling, Ihe individual art and mind of man." Here is thu wholu auti-sluvery argument iu a nut hell, nxorcsscd with bounty and clearness, so far us the Bible i concerned. It is the answer lo the fact tore stated and the refutation of the argument hascd pon it. No one has over stated it better or iu a form mure likelv to be remembered. Aguiu, ho is charued Willi taking tho grouuu mat believer Texas chooses, or the South choonc to cut n Texas into four slave States, there is un obligation to aituiit mem into the union. Mr. Weihteh vurv precisely took no am h ground He adverted to tho tact that the aitfumeut or rvsolu- ion to admit Texas, contained a prov isioii allowing bel li ha made into our state, nud siiul l hut winn lie op posed thu making of the uruiiuement, and did nil hi mid tit prevent it heme made, he woiiiii, now uiai u made, live un to it. lie alluded to ibis when libinif the enormous urovvlh of slavery ui the I idled States, and thu advantage already sut ured to it. But expressly said thai lie did not llutiK llio aamo run would apply n to ihe necessary population for n uew state m lexa thai would he uppueu in cast? m n u-in toryt that it did not iu his opinion, follow that now .tales should tto lorinod ns hist as uu y snail un popu lation lor them eiiuul to what is reuuimt lor u u-nnoi to become a statu. What I mean losav is. thas the tiuio lor tho admit. sion of now State formed out of Texas, the number ol iui Ii Sinte. their boundaries, and the requisite nmntint it population, and other things connected with this nil mixtion, are in the free discretion ot Congress, except thi, lo wit: that when now State, tunned out o lex as, are lo bu adimth-d, they havo a rigui ny icgai ii' ulaliou ami contract to come iu a slave mules. Hoav this i plainly tho stipulation vvliuh " o friends tho Norlhcru Democracy havo it It us to tullil and I, for one, menu to tulld H, www I ul not vtoiatc the faith of (lottrnmrHt-,t Again, It i charged mm mr wis noniiuuiiru hmiuhu heretofore occupied by lillil IU opposition to tho exlen-sion of slavery. On the contrary, ho quotes and reaffirm his previous determination to opjKiso all further extension of slavery. Mr, Whenever tllt'in I a anosinmivH k"u " biiiet whenever the e is a toot of laud lit bo slant hack from becoming slave territory, 1 am ready lo assert the principle uf the exclusion of slavery. 1 am pledged to !. ' ui-. i i,.vn i. .,l..,i..,..i t it , ami ayain; amp I will rmtroRK those rLxnmst but 1 II not tin a thing unnecessarily that wounds the lee- uil!S ol others, or thai noes u ingenue ut my own uuoer tanding. Mr. W ebster ! equally misrepresented nnd iuicnn- at rued in a great ninny other respects. 1 he limits ol this article do not ndinil of moro extracts. In a abort meech. or rather m a lew remaik since made, lie ex pressed a strong preference for voting ujmui California iv itself. Ho did not look for any very valuable re- .id l IVom the committee ot thirteen. Bui the commit tee was urged so strenuously that lie withdrew Ins optMisition lather than agreed to it. Ho has sincobeeu placed upon that cotiiimtleo. Kvery ouo mti"t form hi own opinion a to the cor rect nci of Mr. Wester views. My only object is todefond him Against charge of saying the opposite of what he did asv. hclher rti-ht or w mim iu his opin ion, 1 have mi doubt ilinl Mr. Welter know beforo he made tho speech, and wiien no mnde it, the kind ol reception it would meet. Ho know as well then as anybody knows now, that ho would not gain Democratic or southern votes for tho Presidency, and ho know what animadversion to eipect from the people of the North. 1 seo not hi mi iu hi public or private career which either provokes or jusiilie thecharuo, that it was mnde iu a imr-erriig gutttrrrient spirit, lie oxhibited mi greediness to place himself nt the head uf movement, He avoided everything uini couiu seem tinii of others. The speech was delivered to tin audience ns august and anxious us was ever collected in Amoricu. It was done, not with the leers and smirks of a demagogue, but with the feeling and solemnity with which a greut Senator and uti honest man miidit bo expected to meet what he supposed a crisis in the coiiinry. Whether its sentiments shall ultimately be approved or disapproved, the speech itself will stand, another monument m Ins Senatorial career. II would be pre suming much more than the fact would warrant to suppose thut one tenth of those persons who express ilieir opinions upon it, havo ever read the speech or deliberately investigated the topics discussed in it. i WKDNKSDAY liVENING, Al'ltIL 24, 1850. Hard Money Locofocoisin In the Slate Awful fttcumboat Disaster I-Oue Hun oi soimi varoiiun. When o vacancy took place in the Senate of the Uni ted Stutes by the death of John 0. Calhoun, of South Carolina, Governor Seabrook proceeded to fill it by The Delay In Congee Who Is Ile-KpoiiNihlclFor some time past it has been very fushiotiablo for tho pur, or of thu bitter end school to bumte the 1'reui-dent and his Cabinet, and attempt to throw all the odium of the delay in transacting public business upon them. Wo huvo already demonstrated tho fulsity of this position. The party of the President being in a minority in both Houses, they are powerless to act, and to advance measures. The lead in all business is in opposition hands. That it is not used to advance the interests of thu ('resident or the nation, is now well understood. What is il the 1'residcnt has left undone, that belongs to him to do, iu order to expedite tho business of Congress T His message was presented us soon as the two Houses were organized and ready to receive it. Thut im-flsiigo was full and explicit. It presented the truo tuto ul our foreign and domestic uftiira. The general policy of tho Administration was unfolded. The re- irts of tho several departments were prompt and in order. There has beeu uo complaint or cause for complaint about nny of these things. We do not see, and we havo not seen auy siiecific mrges uf delay &c. made against the Administration, j We hear plenty of muttering and general complaint, but we have seeu nothing tangible that by any fair op-1 eration could be brought to thu door of the President or the Cabinet. If uuy charge of the kind do exist, wo hope some bitter under will bring them out and let the people know what they are. It will be remem bered thut tho duties of the Administration are executive. Tho otlicers of State uie called upon to executu carry nut the laws. It is tho duty in U on gross to rescii bo what these laws slmll be. So fur, then, us legislation is concerned, the President und Cabinet have no voice or power. They cannot compel others to wmk if they trill nut. The Constitu tion has very wisely left tho law making power to au thor bruuch of the Government. It was never sup posed by the fruitier of that instrument that members I Congress would so far forget their position and duty as to tulle with the public interests, and bring ro- roaeh upon the representative character und a repre sentative Government. Tho only remedy, where such state of fact exists, is, fur the sovereign people to uke tin affair into their own hands and rebuke those who have betrayed the trust of confiding constituents. Wu ask the people of Ohio to look with a calm, un- Itiassed, and, if possible, impartial eye at the course of ho Executive, since it came into power. Has any man been deceived in the political complexion of tho Administration! It was elected as a Whig Administration. It was supposed, and supposed very truly, that its leading features and policy would be Whig. hu contest was bused ou that issue. hen Gun. Tay lor was inaugurated he appointed a Whig Cabinot. He ailed around him a his Constitutional udviseri, some f the ablest men iu thu nation. Of the ubility or po- itical predilections of such men as Clayton, EwiugJ Slc, nobody is ignorant, and nobody is in doubt. These ! upftoiiitmcid took nobody hy surprise, it wns just ns well known before, as it was utter, that thu Cabinet I would be Whig. I The first message of the President was just such a' :!octunent as the nation expected. It was clear, con- nud direct. It contained no humbug, no sophis try, no attempts to make tho worse npear the better easou. It was a truthful and fair statement uf tho condition of the untiou. So far as measures were re commended, ihuy were just such as every body, W'hig, Locurbco, or Free So tier, expected. Thedoctnue of induction to American industry against the pauper la-imr, and the restrictive system of Europe, was main tained and enforced. Tho neceity of improving our rivers nnd harbors was maintained, and was put by him on its true ground. Tho policy of maintaining peaceablo and friendly relations with other nations, was recognized. In short, the whole document wns right. It was well received by tho holiest mid sensible portion of the American people. Wo ask, what there was nbout it that was obnox ious f What wa there di tie rout from what had been ted T Wo affirm, nothing. He proved himself true to his friends, and tnie to his couutry. He hi luring his wholu course as a public man, in both a civil and military capacity, discharged every duty with a fidelity and skill that cannot fail to secure the applause of riht-thinking minds. And, let us ask thu couutry what there was about this first message that by any pretonco can make an excuse for tho extraordinary delay in legislation T W here is the excuse I By what system of logic can it be transferred from the majority in Congress and thrown ton the administration 1 It cannot bo done. All at tempts at it will rebound and overthrow the men who make tho etlort. Wo are ready and willing to tnko the roioiisibility of the act of the nd ministration. Lot them bo henped iitoii tho Whig party. It would argue something more than huiuuu if every act would meet the cordial approbation of every Whig. This never was done, and, in all human probability, never will be. Tho par ly which shouted itself hoarse about 54 4ir, and then wns compelled by tho administration uf Polk, to tumble down to 49, should be tho Inst on earth lo ex pect everything just as each individual member of it desired. But, lakon as a whole, we give our adhesion to the President. Wo vastly prefer his views and policy to thut of his predecessor, or to the policy that would bo adopted by the powerful party that is now striving to bring the administration into reproach. We think we know what wo are talking about. Wo have n en something uf tho workings ot each system iu past lays, and we have a very decided choice. It is odT duty and our pleasure to express that choice. We shall defend it " here and elsewhere," now and hereafter. Wo shall not bo content U defend. Wu shall at tack and exKJso the conduct of ihe opposition. Wo nllirm that thoy are guilty of unpardonable delay in doing thu business ol the untiou. We shall hold them to this accountability, Wo seek discussion and investigation. Wu believe with Jefferson, Unit in a fair field truth hns nothing Ui fear in a contest with falsehood and error. Moro anon. appointmeut. He first offered the post to General James Hamilton, who is deeply interested in Texas bonds. He declined. The place was then offered to Hon. Langdon Cheves, who wus the first President of the late Bank of the United Stales. Ho is now seven ty-four years old, and for a long time has been out of pontics. He then ottered the place to Hon. Franklin 11. Elmore, once a member of Congress, but at the time of bis appointment, and for several year before, President of the Bunk of South Carolina. He has accepted, and is now in his seut. Wo were struck with the comparison between Democracy in South Carolina nud the sumo article in Ohio. Hero is an ultra Democratic State, with a Democratic Governor. He looks around for a suitable man to take a seat in the United States Senate. He finds a heavy holder and speculator iu Texas scrip, a President of the Bunk of the United States, and a President of the Bank of South Carolina. We infer from all this that hard money is not the test of a man's Democracy in the Palmetto State. It is not the same article they peddle in Ohio. Sons of Temperance. dred Lives Lost! 2 Cincinnati, April 23. The Belle of the West, Captain James, was burned one mile below Warsaw, Ky., at 1 o'clock thismorning- She wus bound from this city for St. Louis, with California emigrants. It is stated confidently that 100 passengers were burned and drowned by jumping overboard! The officers saved their lives by jumping overboard and swimming ashore. The Belle of the West wus owned in this city, and was insured for $8,000. The scene wos the moat awful ever witnessed on the western rivers. EF"Columdus Theatre. The Cincinnati Dispatch Bays it is ull a mistake about the project lor the Theatre in this place being a bund on ed. Messrs. Chapman & Llewellyn huve leased a lot on State street, east of the post office, for a term of years, with the intention of erecting a theatre building in a few weeks "com-menBuruto with the wants of the place." The building is to be rushed up in double quick time so as to open with the Convention. Mr. Bodisco, the Russian Embassador, whom rumor banished to the wilds of Liberia, is still in St. Petersburg, much amused with the stories set afloat in this country about his exile. He will return to this country in the spring. ty Tho New York canals were to be opened on the 22d inst., (yesterduy.) 7" A court martial is sitting at Annapolis, Mary tv . i ... . . l inu aemi-annuai meeiiug oi the Urder ol the Hons ot i.n.i f..- .i, t,ii f r.lont Himinr r..r mli.na Alvr.. Temperance will be held on Tuesday next, the 30th du, iu tho Mexican war. Better take that question instant, at Ueiietonunne, Logan county. lout ol court, ami leave it to the people. Ihis latter The subordinate divisions of this city will be fully tribunal has already tried laylor tor taking Monterey, represented iu thut body. A strong enort will be made "j uwl1 U1 "'"""S to induce the Constitutional Convention to withhold from Uie Legislature the power to grant licenses for lheile of intoxicating liquors. All of the Divisions in thi city have passed resolutions unanimously re-1 HT Snow fell in New Hnmnshire. Anril 12th. to the depth of a foot or fifteen inches, making very good sleighing. Severe. Mrs. Swushelm, of the Pittsburgh Visiter, was in the gallery of the Senate, during the Benton commending proper measures to be taken to accom- and Foote comedy. She says, "there is music here.ond "" uujeci. l to-uay we bad some dancing, li i stay nere mog my bump of veneration will become so enlarged that I Claims upon Government. hall take to worshipping in the cabbage yard, for wnnt Much has been said of Into about claims against of anything more nearly resemblins a Congress of wise Government. The Washington Uniou, and other prints men " of that stamp, accuse the members of the Cabinet uf C" Mr. Benton has written to the U. S. District At onenhiff old elnim. ihnt til lia.n nn..ad ...,i toriiey, requesting him to bring the affair between him- jucted by the former officers in the departments. This, n "' tt",d, Ml F,,ot0'. .befora, .c.riininal court of tbc ;f ,. ... . . ' , , District tor examination aud decision. d true, would be a sorious charge, aud one demand- . , . iug an investigation. But we find in the National In- utL" UT .?OR jS",?0"" !r1J,e h,1?"1 e .PT toiligeucer an article denying iu direct terms, the about $00 taken in cash, horns, &c. The back lloor charge. It avers thut if any such " decision " had ever was split from top to bottom, and an inner door forced boen made by these officers, they had been very care- "pen- Besides tho good money, a small amount of ful to leave uo trace of it ou record. That whatever counterfeit was taken. tuny have been their opinimt about this or that claim, I Union Mutual Life Insurance Compant. We call thoy had done no official act, and left no official record attetioo to the advertisement of Mr. Hoag, agent for by which this appeared in any shape. And of the fa- V?" onW; ' 0,"er colu- . . . V . J 1 I director or thut enmnnnv urn The names of the . 1 -,- inn uiu ijiivB.iuii ui tee, not only fur ability, but ior tair and nnuorauie mterest was in express terms reterved for contideration dealing. Too many instances of the advantages of ncTTuicr. i uuo insurance nave oeou puoiisueu, w uceu rcywu- The following is the article from the Intelligencer I llon' of Anril tHth I ET Two L'entlemen. rival candidates for the Lemi " Tho Union of vesterdav nuts sundry nue.tion. m ,B" ."V 6,1 u'PePPer coumy, virgin.., pun-... i. -...i.r.,1. .i... i. i i I ot lighting a duel in the District ol uuiumma. a un touk tho respoiiiibilitv of teiivinir undecided, and thi decision of which hus devolved upon different depart ments oi uio uovernmeiit under the present Administration. Our owu proper affairs require our attention egruphic despatch was sent to the Mayor at Washington, who had the gentlemeu arrested immediately on their arrival, and tiuunu over to keep tne peace. T3T A mahogany coffin, containing remains of a hu- loo exclusively to allow of our becoming acquainted J nian body, was recently found in Philadelphia, in wiui uiu particulars oi claims or accounts dejtendmg I tearing uuwn an oiu nuiiuiiig. ii was eviuruuj pmbvu in the public offices in which we have no interest nor I where it was intentionally, and great efforts mads to are likely to have any. But we are enabled to state couceal. It must have been there many yean, for the information uf the Union,' that the several y Father Matthew has administered the Temper- claims tiled by that print yesterday, were all left un em.e Meupe , upWirUB cf 8.000 persons. He bat decided by the Inte Administration, so fur as appears wrjtten to Baltimore that he will bo there th middlt ny uie recorua oi uie several departments, the only )(f cxt roony, vehicle through which their successors could bo ad ,.., . it vised of their official acts. What the heads of the se- & The crBW of a Bntlih vewel wre 'rested and vend detriments may have thought of these claims, committed to jail in Baltimore, on Wednesday last, for whether they formed opinion! upon them, and il they attempting mutiny while lying near that city, did, what those opinion were, we have no menus of Ep- The Richland County Democrat it the name of knowing, except iu one cae, namely, the Galphin a new Democratic paper jut started in Mansfield. claim, which was in express terms reterved fur further The Editor sayt ho shull advocate the great principle consideration on the question of interest. uf the party, and not publish lung advertisement of patent medicines. (sleaO.nifS- 17 Dr. Gusstiauini is lecturing at Buffalo, profes sing to demonstrate the quadrature ot the Circle, a CP" Cuban Expedition. There it a movement in CF" Cotton. The Southern States now furnish problemiw Inch ha. hitherto dehed mathematical set- to ilm world ihi lurn.t .u.ninii .,f -nit-.ti P..- ouce. Eminent acieniih.i meu who nave neord aim utneture. In oiher words, the rest of the world is nre "tinned of the truth of his solution. dependent upon them for cotton. This dependence is I t7 A pill machine has been invented in Warren, B-seen most clearly, and with the greatest uneasiness, by 1 1., by which a person can turn out 80,000 pills a day. ureai uriiain. one sees mat una dependence need Thus human ingenuity devises ways ana meant io sup- nt-vcBBaiiij i.uiiiiiiuo, nrr mimic, nn luau, nuu i piy uio luxuries oi uiv. ve UKHU pn.KUK.li. .re Wo native Mil Ihe cot- T( ; , . vhil.deli.hm ii to t. to 0H urn piain, mm mugurerameiil .Km. Iia. imnerto pre. , j , b, kl. of 0illin? rorty.two million of vented iti nriMliielion in nthcmiit niinntitia tn atumlv I . .H ' ..... D , , l . , ' ":. . v t dollars auuua v. nrovuied tne raw material can Da oo- tlii) mollier coiilitrv. I Iim hsiim Urn la nnur rlntrniin. I . ' ' ...i TiL i.; i r - ..... : i i tamed. u iu louiuio. i no um iui m vuihiii Km. (unuicu iu I llii.cramoCi-n,ov. tliat may eH'ect a much for '" "hi'b lrlhw.nt of . bttl.r mm, I...lia a. Whitney', gin fur the Southern Stat.-.. Thi. " C1M ",c Cub" "I1"!"'"". Thu.. it I. ..i.l, tt.ny P . ... I ntmnnm bm wnrLini, ill a if urmv Inu-anll Clin or. Wtlfl wiiiku ruimer uiimiu inticiri-iiueiii no more oouuieru I f . . ' n , f cmtuu would bo eiuortnl, and Southern brae., ud ,m,c u" '"'"" " 'mu" ..V.. Southern in.olo.ice would c.-..e! and Soulhi-rn .lave- ?n! 'n'1 ."8re; ," 00 '","" ry would follow .uit. Iu national, u in iudividn.1 "l thai directum. 1 nere are rumor. ,oa, ..rge cu... mahulie., nature often work, her own cure. l,"f ol '"" " mB Pn,,t ".'""t, CF" Secretary Clayton, in answer to mo nines direc- nvarv),v' knnii.a whra th- aro coina. and last- ted to him, hus decided that the New Grenadian Gov- i( Cuba needs taking badly by some body, and every-eminent have uo right to demand passport from our body guesses that all these movements have that result vni'-ruB tn-nig ma ir-uiiuiia, iiiiich ii buoiiiu murti? m yieWi siiiuuir uuuinim irom ineir own citizens returning irum i T. . . i f, i f .t, ,l a foreign port. Mo will instruct the American Charge , 1 ' . ",,l,u," '""- nDi,uiul"-" r .i'au,.;;. t ii....t- ,.. wn.,.,...tu .1,;- ha;.l tobort ot the hstiermen ol tliat piaco nave mn year .triciion upon tho communication by tliat route be- thom " mony of them depend upon their net! tor tntir twoon our Atiuutic and 1 acme port,. r?" A nuvol ilamlor oiuie wu recently tried in Boi- LT PoTATOt Hoi. Dry ground, found teed, (tood ton. A clergyman wa. indicted for reading . notice cnllivation, with pla.ter and a.ne. in me nun, are .aid Irom the pnli.it that . certain lady wu excummunica- to o .ure preventative, ol tne potato, rot. led, for violation of the oveutu commandment. The jy our friend, of the Chillicolh. Metropoli, aay Court hel.l that under the circumataucei, the conimu- ,i,, ,u. i;,t of court, wm corned from another oaner. ni atiou wu privileged, and tho clergyman win acquit- wjin the Auditor', certilic.te .ttached. To that other led. nnner. then, thev will nltuua charse our account, and ir j lie uadiz name, ai a late meeun. oi uie .iock- siv. 'em Kiwor., holder., uiiaiiimou.ly re.lvl to veept th. term, ot n 0, gchenck hu addreued l letter to tliu luw u.ed at the last ae,,lon ol the Leeialature, .1.- .i.:..i n : i n;..:.. ktk giving to the bank, tho privilege, if they cWe, of . .,. M. ,imi.,i no. to b. .candidal. coining upon tne uii 1.1 u oiner properly." 1 1. f nJ-i-tj , Concre... Th. reuon iiven ii. n move will ..v. to the uun annul ou per year. ( f uwMa. to"bi, oriT,t, bu.ineM and .tfair.. I jr A locomouve on me ousouenaiina runroiui ouni . , , , i t t w x. ... i. l. boiler on the Kith in.t.. 15 mile from Baltimore. .TA. Poll,! for tha not Prof. Webster to killing one ninn. and seriously iniuriiiff another. The Circulating in Dayton. tiiB.ii killed wns thrown 60 feet nerneiidicularlv in the TV Powers' Stnttie of the Greek slave, now exhib- air, passing through the top of a large oak tree. This itiug in Cincinnati, will be offered as one of the trixat is only the lourth explosion oi a locomotive boiler that at the next annual drawing oi me An union. has ever taken place iu Uie United States. Abraham Palmer i now on a trial in Cincinnati 17 A company has been organized for the construe- fur the murder ot Isaac Heudington, m uecemoer iuu tion of another suspension over the INingara, at Lewis-1 to interfere with the mure apparent and active ambi- monopoly. Now Luw nbout FiiKltive Nhivon. We have expressed our opinion ihnt Congress ought not at present to pass( any new law resectiig the recapture of fugitive slaves. Wu think the South should not press it nt this time. Any action upon it now, would look like u triumph of theSouth over the North, and that mutual regard for the interests of tho country that ought to govern all parties, would dictate to thorn to desist, nt least till the present slavery agitation ha had time to cool. In confirmation of our opinion, nnd to show thnt this is mniuly pressed now to embarrass the Administra tion, wo extract the following Imm an aide article in l ho lliehmoud Whig. It will be seeu thai tho South has till within a short timo thought the proncut law ample for their security, and that it wns as near perfect as it could be, tor the purposes contemplated. ' A train, with respect to fugitive slaves t lu IKlfl, Mr. Calhoun, r YYhui member from Kentucky, pmpif ..! now hill mi the Sllbiect. It Was voted down by n Democratic House; and wo never heard a word on tho ftiihb-et from the 'fmiiid eiinnliaiis of the M.,.nti ni.iil riet.eml Tnvlor wasclcrlcd. Tin li nil of sudden they became prmiigiiiusly Manned ! The subject had been before tho Legislature of Virginia in 'lH.ll-'' mid General Bayly that mighty hero re ported that the law of 'f;i was as nearly perfect ns it could be, and that no farther legislation hyCngre wns necessary ! Hut thi worthy and all his associate snw new liuhts, just n oon n ii 8outlieril iVhig President was elecbtl! Then, noihiiijr couhl save the South bid the iiiBluul eiia. tmeiit of more rigorous laws tor ihe roenpturo of fm;iiivo slaves. Il i very true thai under the t'olislitul we nro entitled lo tho whole power ol the f eiierni i t-riiiii.-. ...... . .b in thi particular. Bui these neidleiuen could not. or would not, see any neces-ity for new pntvisnms. niilil Old Znek win elccled ! Then they raved ! W as it fnc lion or patriotism Unit Influenced 'l-ir conduct t fV Tlie country of Peni, which became banknipl on lis gold miuoa, and had not paid tho interest on her national debt for '-111 yr, i becoming rich by sidling Kunnii. Tho tale of this article is made a goxorumout rv tIia riniiim tmdrt In China i carried on to a treat extent, under the increased facilities afforded by the British treaty. More than 50,000 rhMts are now nunlly shipped to that country, taking oti in return thirty-five millions of dollar. tV The rafts of pine lumber and shinglet from the Allegheny, which arrived at Cincinnati lately, reached more than three miles in extent. ry Eoas it the Poonh There it ft difference of i expected to be in operation by the first of nearly one half in weight, between duien of dintreni lots Ul eggs, as ouereu iu mnmoi. ty The National Medical Convention will com ton, ami the work has been commenced. The bridge is to bo 70 feet above water, and 1,040 feet span be tween the stone tower. W Tho Pennsylvania Legislature have granted to the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company the tower to run their road through that portion of the State necessary to reach Pittsburgh. Thi gives new impulse to tho enterprise, and the work will be pushed with all speed. Seventy miles from Cleveland south, i exp next Novomber. VSy k for nntn for B 1.9.00 wns mrintlv discount. ed of the Branch Bank in Stetibenville, and tho forgo- meuce its session in Cincinnati on Thursday, May 7th. ry becoming known, the telegraph was used, and the swindler immediately arrested in Pittsburgh, and the money outaiued. Cy Geo. W. Rendott, of the New Orleans Picayune. u.rii,tirr -i ustorv oi uie mexicnn wnr. wium, it nid, will be the handsomest American book ever pub ry The biiildins in which Calhoun died at Wash- lished. The plates are eugraved at Pari. "ton. wa formerly used at tho Catiitnl durins the . i.:... r..,.nFV t.k fir nn ihn lQth inL. rebuilding f that edifice, otter ita destruction by the . 1 i 0f tho hands, tome of whom have since died fpr A reward oi f .iwj it ottered ior the recovery oi Mr. Kdwanl Moore, who leit the Astor House, in New ty Clear as ncn. " Transcendentaliim is the spb , rkci.y,,h.a,h in.,, and hu no, been heard from ' " , on H b nJiuL V A Boston merchant is reported to have told eight thousand casks of pens, for the purpose of being burnt auu groiiuu wiin couee, i nu uecniie ut coneo m unua- ing, it is said, a corresponding dec hue in pens, ry Lebanon, in Warren oo., ha put iu a claim for n share in the earthquake that recently "prevailed" in Louisville, and the port then-to ailincent. Such spiritual, and etheroalixed contention of subultury oun iiection." ry Dr. James H. Smith of Saco, Me,, hat been ar rested ou suspicion of having caused the death of the woman lately louuu in a water course ur mat pi-tv. fiTlie Chinese ladv who lately arrived at New York, is exhibiting herself and suite at the Chinese ma ty The Hutrhinon family are drawing full houses n New York and Albany by their lavurlte tongs, rv a wniiiiu lndv has been seriously and permanent ly injured, it i feared, by taking chloroform try The number of Divisions ol the Bout oi iem- n: .! V .1 ...,l tr,,n 1R fen II. perniit'O in t-.meiunit.li, imvo uwr- , .u .-.i,.m.n. .,u l,n ...,ra..-r in iU. ,i where the eum ill that place. Legislature never meet. ry The western and southern trsue in i minueipnia l-V A nieco of whito cedar, eishlceti inches long, has been unusually largo am tne im rcna m. i . o - nud three or four feet iu diameter, was found iu a deep comforting themselves i-u " )- ' cut mi thu Dayton nnd Springfield railroad route, 4ft ing uie iruuo awny irum teot below the surince. ry How many years will It be beforo the Sand wich Islands are anuoxed bt tho United States ! Wdrt- ford Conrant. Cnu't tell, sir. ry A man mimed 8. Molhortnaw. a ttaire driver, .i ii i- ui i: wu .mnoeii ny in. wm , in .....-....., ... "'""V Uiv. the We.leru fountain. Ill.l. uau.0, enuiu.y. llio woiodo on. iim-u - , .t.i ,1,1 'v . k ... i ... i...t tl, v.,1 ,litv of the manorial till auu tne man i. not oapor.ou ,o rou.,.nr. I .V.pi..;. inor, ,o Hud.on. Th. iTTTlio noinber of .ubortliilnte Divi.ion. of the Son. 111 pnro ... . , ,,, ,.a ,. l,, i, n 1 ellllteraui'e til new lora i ihm i v.m.- , . . , ., wl decldfl llio wnol.. ... ... ...... .i.. I. . tin.ioureo a .w 1 ten sniuteil tlorins tlie In.t otiartpr, ra. ino omrr n that Slate la vei-y pro.perou, and pro.peeia natier. inn. " . . .... i l"y Uaoaiii.i. The iironneloi. ol tue aevoral hotel, in Albnuy and Tmy have .igned an .gri'ement go onlv trom ?l,oo io f u.oo n ua; week of tho Stale Fair, next September. fir A State 1-eace Convoutiun it to be held in thi. illy, May IHlh. ry Room, in the Irvino Hoiue.N. V. Cllv, llaveal ready been uugngotl for Jenny bind and her auite. i. oon.nlured n tc.t un - ra-l. n. r.onah, the celuhrated Temperance lo Hirer i, a. popular u ever in New Y or. mat., rriin. !!, trreemoli.l.. he ha. obtained 15,000 ..gu.r. lo lb. ledg.. I-yTho Clni.lian l'arlor Magaiin. for April, hu I...... m eived at Hit. o tU'i'. enioeiii.ocu engraving., .nd filled wiih intere.ling tn.tier. ITT The anti rent riot reported to no-dou. The Kuiklei .re no, ooncemcd in ,h. m.tt.r u l rWinnatiwill OO.ltWtlT nr A ldoek .if liom.toiio for the Wa.hlnston tnonu. . : " . -. ,in.,i 1 1. nm WBH 111 ni.f ear rm. , . , . . ineiit i. tn bo taken from Hraddm-k'. Held, nea burg. It wu ou llu. field that Wuliiugton fir.1 diiuu. gui.Ued biin.rlf. tr Th. " Monk of U Tr.p ' la .dvcrtl.ed to 1